Musical Instrument Government Auction Prices: What They Sell For
231 musical instrument lots sold at government auction in the last 12 months, median winning bid $28. School band instruments and seized guitars; case condition usually predicts instrument condition.
Median Price by Month
Monthly median winning bid for musical instrument lots over the last 12 months. Hover a bar for the exact figure.
52 live musical instrument auctions right now. Know what they sell for before you bid.
Recently Sold Musical Instrument Lots
The latest musical instrument lots to close with a winning bid.
King Cleveland 600 Bb Trumpet w/ Case
Tenor Saxophone
2 Electric & 1 bass guitars
Vintage Floral Tapestry Vanity Bench Piano Stool
Kawai Piano - C2
Piano
Rolling Stone Electric Piano
Martin & Co Hard Guitar Case
Rothenburg Violin Copy of 1732 Stradivarius
Tulio Acoustic Guitar
Washburn X-Series Electric Guitar
Yamaha Piano
Musical Instrument Prices by State
States with at least 5 sold musical instrument lots in the last 12 months.
Musical Instrument Auction Price Questions
What does a used musical instrument sell for at government auction?
Across 231 government auction sales in the last 12 months, the median winning bid for a musical instrument was $28. Half sold below that and half above. The average was $168.
What is the cheapest a musical instrument has sold for?
The lowest winning bid in the last 12 months was $1; the highest was $5,200. Condition drives the spread: as-is lots with known problems sell near the bottom of the range.
How much bidding competition is there for musical instrument auctions?
Sold musical instrument lots received an average of 8.4 bids each. 231 lots closed with a winning bid in the last 12 months.
Which states sell the most musical instrument lots at government auction?
Colorado (25 sold, median $7), Texas (23 sold, median $52), Missouri (21 sold, median $20) lead over the last 12 months.