Gibson Custom Shop Historic 1952 J-185
guitar
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Why this number?
The typical used price is the median of 11 used sales observed in the last 24 months, with outliers removed and the figure rounded. An observed sale is often the last asking price rather than a confirmed hammer price.
| Typical used price | €2,700 | median sold, rounded |
| Most sold between | €2,600–€3,050 | 25th to 75th percentile, same window |
| Window | last 24 months | the tightest of 90 days, 6 months and 24 months with 8 used sales |
| Sample | 11 used sales | thin data, treat as a rough guide |
| By condition | same as typical | excellent, median of 9 sales, same window |
| Time to sell | — | only counted from listings we watch start to finish; not enough yet |
| Live asks | €4,620 | typical ask across 36 listings, 71% above typical used |
| Outliers | dropped | beyond 10× the product’s own median: bundles, parts, typos |
| All-time | €3,250 | 32 used sales, 2020–2026; not used for deals |
| Sales on record | 140 | all-time, all platforms |
| Closest new | €2,222 | Gibson J-185 Century 12-Fret at Thomann; a relative’s price, not this model’s |
Typical prices are rounded (to 5 / 10 / 50 / 100 by size, in whichever currency you read); asks and the chart are exact. As of 19 October 2026. Full method, including what each badge means
For sale right now
The best-priced as cards, a row of them; every other ad as a line, by ask. Each ask is the seller’s own number; the platform’s mark opens the listing. Each one says when we last confirmed it at its source: the price and availability are from that visit, so check the marketplace before you go.
Reverb
eBay United States
30 more live · €3,591–€6,129 · typical ask €4,620 · most of these are new asks against a used typical
- €3,59133% over typicalgood ·
Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 6 days ago - €3,63935% over typicalexcellent ·
United States · Reverb · confirmed 7 h ago - €3,68136% over typicalnew ·
Germany · Reverb · confirmed 7 h ago - €3,88344% over typicalexcellent · United States · Reverb · confirmed 7 h ago
- €3,90945% over typicalmint · United States · Reverb · confirmed 7 h ago
- €4,15454% over typicalexcellent · United States · Reverb · confirmed 7 h ago
- €4,19956% over typicalnew · Germany · Reverb · confirmed 7 h ago
- €4,37262% over typicalgood · United States · eBay United States · confirmed 6 days ago
- €4,58470% over typicalnew ·
Canada · Reverb · confirmed 7 h ago - €4,61871% over typicalnew · Germany · eBay United States · confirmed 2 days ago
20 more · €4,620–€6,129 · United States, Switzerland, United Kingdom, France and 1 more
- €4,62071% over typicalnew · United States · Reverb · confirmed 7 h ago
- €4,62071% over typicalnew · United States · Reverb · confirmed 7 h ago
- €4,62071% over typicalnew · United States · Reverb · confirmed 7 h ago
- €4,62071% over typicalnew · United States · Reverb · confirmed 7 h ago
- €4,62071% over typicalnew · United States · Reverb · confirmed 7 h ago
- €4,62071% over typicalnew · United States · Reverb · confirmed 7 h ago
- €4,62071% over typicalnew · United States · Reverb · confirmed 7 h ago
- €4,62071% over typicalnew · United States · Reverb · confirmed 7 h ago
- €4,62071% over typicalnew · United States · Reverb · confirmed 7 h ago
- €4,62071% over typicalnew · United States · Reverb · confirmed 7 h ago
- €4,62071% over typicalnew · United States · Reverb · confirmed 7 h ago
- €4,62071% over typicalmint · United States · Reverb · confirmed 7 h ago
- €4,62171% over typicalnew · United States · Reverb · confirmed 7 h ago
- €4,62171% over typicalnew · United States · Reverb · confirmed 7 h ago
- €4,79077% over typicalnew ·
Switzerland · Reverb · confirmed 7 h ago - €4,79077% over typicalnew · Switzerland · Reverb · confirmed 7 h ago
- €4,95483% over typicalnew ·
France · Reverb · confirmed 7 h agocheck this is the same guitar - €5,12890% over typicalnew · Germany · Reverb · confirmed 7 h agocheck this is the same guitar
- €6,107126% over typicalgood ·
United Kingdom · eBay Germany · confirmed 8 h agocheck this is the same guitar - €6,129127% over typicalmint · United Kingdom · Reverb · confirmed 7 h agocheck this is the same guitar
Price history
Every recorded sale, one point each: 140 of them, placed by the day the ad went up. The line follows the middle of the sales around each point, with the middle half behind it, and breaks wherever nothing sold nearby. Condition is mixed, so some of the spread is a mint against a fair rather than the market moving.
Recent sales by listing date
11 used sales · last 24 months · middle half €2,600–€3,050 · thin
| Listed | Price | Condition | From | Platform | The listing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Sept 2026 | €2,719$3,100 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 3 Sept 2026 | €2,723$3,046 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 21 Jul 2025 | €4,473$5,199 as sold | new | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 19 Jun 2025 | €4,485$5,199 as sold | mint | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 15 May 2025 | €3,537$4,100 as sold | mint | United States | Reverb | Details |
A date is the day the ad went up. Marketplaces do not publish the day a sale closed; each of these had sold by the time we recorded it, in August 2026 and October 2026. A price is what the listing last asked, converted at that day’s rate.
Show the last 50 of 140 recorded sales
| Listed | Price | Condition | From | Platform | The listing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Aug 2026 | €3,337$3,886 as sold | excellent |  Slovenia | Reverb | Details |
| 25 Mar 2026 | €3,255$3,790 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 7 Mar 2026 | €2,491$2,900 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 26 Feb 2026 | €2,276$2,650 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 19 Dec 2025 | €2,666$3,099 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 21 Nov 2025 | €2,848$3,301 as sold | excellent | United Kingdom | Reverb | Details |
| 26 Jun 2025 | €4,473$5,199 as sold | new | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 31 May 2025 | €2,748$3,200 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 27 Mar 2025 | €4,485$5,199 as sold | mint | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 23 Mar 2025 | €4,485$5,199 as sold | new | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 2 Mar 2025 | €4,485$5,199 as sold | new | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 29 Dec 2024 | €4,485$5,199 as sold | new | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 24 Dec 2024 | €2,830$3,295 as sold | mint | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 6 Dec 2024 | €2,568$2,990 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 10 Oct 2024 | €4,647$5,199 as sold | new | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 20 Sept 2024 | €3,225$3,748 as sold | excellent |  Luxembourg | Reverb | Details |
| 4 Sept 2024 | €3,628$4,217 as sold | new | Germany | Reverb | Details |
| 28 Aug 2024 | €4,485$5,199 as sold | mint | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 3 Aug 2024 | €3,436$4,000 as sold | mint | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 1 Aug 2024 | €3,622$4,199 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 6 Jun 2024 | €4,465$5,199 as sold | mint | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 3 Jun 2024 | €3,693$4,300 as sold | mint | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 30 May 2024 | €3,881$4,499 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 30 Apr 2024 | €4,485$5,199 as sold | new | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 1 Mar 2024 | €3,799$4,404 as sold | new | United Kingdom | Reverb | Details |
| 24 Feb 2024 | €4,485$5,199 as sold | mint | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 1 Dec 2023 | €4,485$5,199 as sold | new | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 1 Dec 2023 | €4,485$5,199 as sold | new | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 9 Nov 2023 | €4,235$4,910 as sold | new | United Kingdom | Reverb | Details |
| 8 Nov 2023 | €4,465$5,199 as sold | new | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 25 Oct 2023 | €4,485$5,199 as sold | new | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 20 Sept 2023 | €4,465$5,199 as sold | new | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 17 Aug 2023 | €4,465$5,199 as sold | mint | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 17 Aug 2023 | €4,465$5,199 as sold | mint | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 17 Aug 2023 | €4,465$5,199 as sold | mint | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 17 Aug 2023 | €4,465$5,199 as sold | mint | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 17 Aug 2023 | €4,465$5,199 as sold | mint | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 17 Aug 2023 | €4,465$5,199 as sold | mint | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 17 Aug 2023 | €4,465$5,199 as sold | mint | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 17 Aug 2023 | €4,465$5,199 as sold | mint | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 17 Aug 2023 | €4,465$5,199 as sold | mint | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 17 Aug 2023 | €4,465$5,199 as sold | mint | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 27 Jul 2023 | €2,705$3,150 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 29 Jun 2023 | €4,485$5,199 as sold | mint | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 29 Jun 2023 | €4,465$5,199 as sold | mint | United States | Reverb | Details |
A date is the day the ad went up. Marketplaces do not publish the day a sale closed; each of these had sold by the time we recorded it, in August 2026 and October 2026. A price is what the listing last asked, converted at that day’s rate.
Cheapest live: United States €3,100 · Japan €3,188 · United Kingdom €3,343 · Germany €3,681 · before shipping
In one paragraph
The page's figures as one paragraph, assembled for quoting; not written by hand.
Sellers are asking a median of €4,620 for the Gibson Custom Shop Historic 1952 J-185 today, 71% over the €2,700 it actually sells for (11 recorded sales, last 24 months; most sold between €2,600 and €3,050). Sold new in the same family, the Gibson J-185 Century 12-Fret, costs €2,222 at Thomann (read 3 October 2026). There are 36 listings live right now across Reverb, eBay United States, eBay Germany, from €3,100 asking. Figures computed 19 October 2026 by Doirado from cross-platform listing data.