Gibson ES-165 Herb Ellis
guitar
Typical used€2,750
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Why this number?
The typical used price is the median of 36 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 | €2,750 | median sold, rounded |
| Most sold between | €2,450–€2,900 | 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 | 36 used sales | thin data, treat as a rough guide |
| By condition | €2,850 | excellent, median of 16 sales, same window |
| €2,450 | very good, median of 15 sales, same window | |
| Time to sell | — | only counted from listings we watch start to finish; not enough yet |
| Sell-through | 0% | 20 watched listings resolved, 6 months |
| Didn’t sell here | €4,050 | median ask of 20 listings that ended without a sale, 6 months, 47% above typical used; 19 from Japan at €4,250, the other 1 elsewhere; 20 withdrawn by the seller |
| Live asks | €3,758 | typical ask across 59 listings, 37% above typical used |
| Outliers | dropped | beyond 10× the product’s own median: bundles, parts, typos |
| All-time | €2,400 | 229 used sales, 2013–2026; not used for deals |
| Sales on record | 230 | all-time, all platforms |
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.
eBay United States
eBay Germany53 more live · €2,819–€6,337 · typical ask €3,758 · 28 Japan · 16 United States
- €2,819about typical (1% under)excellent ·
United States · Reverb · confirmed 18 h ago - €2,84416% over typicalvery good · United States · Reverb · confirmed 18 h ago
- €2,90619% over typicalvery good ·
Japan · Reverb · confirmed 18 h ago - €2,910about typical (2% over)excellent · United States · Reverb · confirmed 18 h ago
- €2,910about typical (2% over)excellent · United States · Reverb · confirmed 18 h ago
- €2,9407% over typicalgood · United States · eBay United States · confirmed 6 days ago
- €2,9939% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 6 days ago
- €2,9949% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 6 days ago
- €3,0447% over typicalexcellent · United States · Reverb · confirmed 18 h ago
- €3,34217% over typicalexcellent ·
United Kingdom · Reverb · confirmed 18 h ago
43 more · €3,450–€6,337 · Japan, United States, United Kingdom, Italy and 3 more
- €3,45025% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 6 days ago
- €3,47626% over typicalgood · Japan · Reverb · confirmed 18 h ago
- €3,51043% over typicalvery good · United States · Reverb · confirmed 18 h ago
- €3,55045% over typicalvery good · United States · Reverb · confirmed 18 h ago
- €3,55445% over typicalvery good · United States · Reverb · confirmed 18 h ago
- €3,55545% over typicalvery good · United States · Reverb · confirmed 18 h ago
- €3,56430% over typicalgood · United States · eBay United States · confirmed 6 days ago
- €3,56830% over typicalgood · United States · eBay United States · confirmed 6 days ago
- €3,64433% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 6 days ago
- €3,69534% over typicalcondition unlisted · Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 6 days ago
- €3,70930% over typicalexcellent · United Kingdom · Reverb · confirmed 18 h ago
- €3,73231% over typicalexcellent · United States · Reverb · confirmed 18 h ago
- €3,74736% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 6 days ago
- €3,75837% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 6 days ago
- €3,77733% over typicalexcellent · United States · Reverb · confirmed 18 h ago
- €3,80834% over typicalexcellent ·
Italy · Reverb · confirmed 18 h ago - €3,81539% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 6 days ago
- €3,87641% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 6 days ago
- €3,89937% over typicalexcellent · United Kingdom · Reverb · confirmed 18 h ago
- €3,92543% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay Germany · confirmed 4 days ago
- €3,93060% over typicalvery good ·
Canada · Reverb · confirmed 18 h ago - €3,98245% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 6 days ago
- €3,98845% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 6 days ago
- €3,99440% over typicalexcellent · United States · Reverb · confirmed 18 h ago
- €4,01146% over typicalgood · United States · eBay United States · confirmed 6 days ago
- €4,02646% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 6 days ago
- €4,03047% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 6 days ago
- €4,03247% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 6 days ago
- €4,06866% over typicalvery good · Italy · Reverb · confirmed 18 h ago
- €4,14251% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 6 days ago
- €4,21653% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay Germany · confirmed 4 days ago
- €4,30156% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 6 days ago
- €4,33258% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 6 days ago
- €4,37259% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 6 days ago
- €4,42861% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 6 days ago
- €4,43481% over typicalvery good ·
Switzerland · Reverb · confirmed 18 h ago - €4,71665% over typicalexcellent ·
Australia · Reverb · confirmed 18 h ago - €4,95374% over typicalexcellent · United Kingdom · Reverb · confirmed 18 h agocheck this is the same guitar
- €5,17688% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 5 days agocheck this is the same guitar
- €5,17788% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 5 days agocheck this is the same guitar
- €5,704107% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 6 days agocheck this is the same guitar
- €6,163124% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 6 days agocheck this is the same guitar
- €6,337130% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 6 days agocheck this is the same guitar
Price history
What it sold for, quarter by quarter, since Jan 2016: 210 sales in quarters with at least three, and the bars along the floor show how many each quarter. The shaded band is where the middle half of sales landed.
Recent sales by listing date
36 used sales · last 24 months · middle half €2,450–€2,900 · thin
| Listed | Price | Condition | From | Platform | The listing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Sept 2026 | €3,462$3,880 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 18 Sept 2026 | €2,038$2,336 as sold | very good |  Spain | Reverb | Details |
| 5 Apr 2026 | €2,861$3,200 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 3 Mar 2026 | €2,323$2,700 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 3 Feb 2026 | €2,839$3,300 as sold | excellent | 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 230 recorded sales
| Listed | Price | Condition | From | Platform | The listing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Aug 2026 | €2,774$3,100 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 8 Jan 2026 | €3,437$3,995 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 12 Dec 2025 | €2,830$3,295 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 27 Nov 2025 | €2,495$2,900 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 21 Nov 2025 | €2,632$3,059 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 2 Nov 2025 | €2,748$3,200 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 18 Oct 2025 | €3,092$3,600 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 17 Oct 2025 | €2,494$2,899 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 15 Oct 2025 | €2,579$2,997 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 1 Sept 2025 | €2,362$2,750 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 14 Aug 2025 | €2,460$2,864 as sold | very good | Japan | Reverb | Details |
| 31 Jul 2025 | €2,452$2,850 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 28 Jul 2025 | €2,560$2,975 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 19 Jul 2025 | €2,925$3,400 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 13 Jul 2025 | €4,007$4,657 as sold | excellent | United Kingdom | Reverb | Details |
| 6 Jul 2025 | €2,753$3,200 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 4 Jul 2025 | €3,205$3,725 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 19 Jun 2025 | €3,313$3,850 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 17 Jun 2025 | €2,666$3,099 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 13 Jun 2025 | €1,841$2,140 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 9 Jun 2025 | €2,581$3,000 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 28 May 2025 | €2,147$2,500 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 22 May 2025 | €2,157$2,500 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 23 Apr 2025 | €2,834$3,300 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 22 Apr 2025 | €2,229$2,595 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 18 Mar 2025 | €3,865$4,500 as sold | mint | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 18 Feb 2025 | €2,920$3,400 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 25 Jan 2025 | €3,607$4,200 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 13 Jan 2025 | €2,748$3,200 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 5 Jan 2025 | €2,834$3,300 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 18 Dec 2024 | €2,061$2,400 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 16 Oct 2024 | €2,575$2,998 as sold | good | Japan | Reverb | Details |
| 13 Oct 2024 | €3,517$4,095 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 13 Oct 2024 | €2,559$2,979 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 8 Oct 2024 | €3,281$3,667 as sold | very good | Canada | Reverb | Details |
| 19 Sept 2024 | €3,338$3,887 as sold | very good |  France | Reverb | Details |
| 23 Jul 2024 | €1,889$2,199 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 17 Jul 2024 | €2,679$3,119 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 15 Jul 2024 | €3,006$3,500 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 15 Jul 2024 | €3,221$3,750 as sold | mint | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 22 Jun 2024 | €2,619$3,049 as sold | very good | United Kingdom | Reverb | Details |
| 3 Jun 2024 | €2,770$3,099 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 23 May 2024 | €3,006$3,500 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 2 Apr 2024 | €2,010$2,340 as sold | parts | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 28 Mar 2024 | €2,748$3,199 as sold | excellent | 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.
Where it’s cheapest right now
What sellers are asking today, by country. Asking prices, not sales; shipping, fees and any customs or import VAT between you and the seller are not included.
| Country | Live | Median ask | Cheapest ask | Cheapest vs typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 33 | €3,925 | €2,613 | €137 under (5%) |
| United States | 17 | €3,550 | €2,666 | €84 under (3%) |
| United Kingdom | 4 | €3,804 | €3,342 | 22% over typical |
| Italy | 2 | €3,938 | €3,808 | 38% over typical |
| Canada | 1 | €3,930 | €3,930 | 43% over typical |
| Switzerland | 1 | €4,434 | €4,434 | 61% over typical |
| Australia | 1 | €4,716 | €4,716 | 71% over typical |
In one paragraph
The page's figures as one paragraph, assembled for quoting; not written by hand.
Sellers are asking a median of €3,758 for the Gibson ES-165 Herb Ellis today, 37% over the €2,750 it actually sells for (36 recorded sales, last 24 months; most sold between €2,450 and €2,900). There are 59 listings live right now across eBay United States, eBay Germany, Reverb, from €2,613 asking. Figures computed 19 October 2026 by Doirado from cross-platform listing data.
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