Gibson Explorer E2
guitar
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Why this number?
The typical used price is the median of 18 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 | €3,100 | median sold, rounded |
| Most sold between | €2,950–€3,850 | 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 | 18 used sales | thin data, treat as a rough guide |
| By condition | €3,000 | very good, median of 9 sales, same window |
| Time to sell | — | only counted from listings we watch start to finish; not enough yet |
| Live asks | €5,244 | typical ask across 19 listings, 69% above typical used |
| Outliers | dropped | beyond 10× the product’s own median: bundles, parts, typos |
| All-time | €2,400 | 167 used sales, 2014–2026; not used for deals |
| Sales on record | 167 | all-time, all platforms |
| Closest new | €2,255 | Gibson '70s Explorer 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 17 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.
1 local pickup ad in Germany, on Kleinanzeigen. Showing 1 local pickup ad in Germany, on Kleinanzeigen. Local pickup near you, in Germany: 1 ad on Kleinanzeigen.
Reverb
eBay Germany
eBay United States13 more live · €4,303–€10,174 · typical ask €5,244 · 3 Germany · 3 United States
- €4,30339% over typicalgood ·
Sweden · Reverb · confirmed 20 h ago - €4,90058% over typicalgood ·
Germany · eBay Germany · confirmed 2 days ago - €4,95565% over typicalvery good · Sweden · Reverb · confirmed 20 h ago
- €5,24469% over typicalgood ·
United States · eBay United States · confirmed 3 days ago - €5,30071% over typicalgood · Germany · eBay Germany · confirmed 5 days ago
- €5,51084% over typicalvery good · United States · Reverb · confirmed 20 h ago
- €5,73585% over typicalexcellent · Germany · Reverb · confirmed 4 days agocheck this is the same guitar
- €6,13998% over typicalgood ·
Japan · Reverb · confirmed 4 days agocheck this is the same guitar - €6,221107% over typicalvery good · United States · Reverb · confirmed 20 h agocheck this is the same guitar
- €6,249102% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 4 days agocheck this is the same guitar
- €6,500110% over typicalexcellent ·
United Kingdom · Reverb · confirmed 20 h agocheck this is the same guitar - €6,810127% over typicalvery good · United Kingdom · Reverb · confirmed 20 h agocheck this is the same guitar
- €10,174228% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay Germany · confirmed 12 h agocheck this is the same guitar
Price history
What it sold for, quarter by quarter, since Oct 2014: 140 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
18 used sales · last 24 months · middle half €2,950–€3,850 · thin
| Listed | Price | Condition | From | Platform | The listing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Sept 2026 | €3,123$3,500 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 6 Jan 2026 | €3,118$3,500 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 10 Nov 2025 | €2,710$3,150 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 20 Sept 2025 | €3,872$4,500 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 19 Aug 2025 | €4,373$5,082 as sold | excellent | Germany | 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 167 recorded sales
| Listed | Price | Condition | From | Platform | The listing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Aug 2025 | €3,786$4,400 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 5 Aug 2025 | €5,176$6,000 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 30 Jul 2025 | €4,313$5,000 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 24 Jul 2025 | €3,011$3,499 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 11 Jul 2025 | €3,012$3,500 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 9 Jun 2025 | €2,150$2,499 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 22 May 2025 | €3,364$3,899 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 18 Apr 2025 | €2,588$3,000 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 3 Mar 2025 | €2,933$3,400 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 21 Feb 2025 | €4,257$4,934 as sold | excellent | United Kingdom | Reverb | Details |
| 2 Feb 2025 | €3,006$3,500 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 19 Dec 2024 | €3,106$3,600 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 7 Nov 2024 | €2,705$3,150 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 12 Sept 2024 | €4,157$4,831 as sold | very good | Germany | Reverb | Details |
| 12 Aug 2024 | €2,396$2,790 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 29 Jul 2024 | €3,106$3,600 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 12 Jul 2024 | €5,231$6,064 as sold | very good |  Finland | Reverb | Details |
| 26 May 2024 | €3,399$3,940 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 24 May 2024 | €4,009$4,500 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 12 Apr 2024 | €1,898$2,200 as sold | poor | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 14 Mar 2024 | €5,606$6,499 as sold | mint | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 8 Feb 2024 | €3,192$3,700 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 29 Jan 2024 | €5,693$6,599 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 27 Jan 2024 | €3,274$3,795 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 18 Jan 2024 | €3,622$4,199 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 25 Oct 2023 | €3,466$4,035 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 5 Oct 2023 | €2,920$3,400 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 29 Sept 2023 | €4,144$4,825 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 22 Sept 2023 | €3,882$4,500 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 20 Sept 2023 | €4,724$5,500 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 20 Jul 2023 | €3,451$4,000 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 3 Jul 2023 | €1,294$1,500 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 5 Jun 2023 | €2,748$3,200 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 18 May 2023 | €3,067$3,565 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 10 May 2023 | €5,347$6,198 as sold | very good |  Italy | Reverb | Details |
| 9 May 2023 | €3,355$3,899 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 25 Mar 2023 | €3,441$3,999 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 12 Feb 2023 | €3,184$3,700 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 2 Feb 2023 | €3,074$3,573 as sold | good |  France | Reverb | Details |
| 28 Jan 2023 | €2,839$3,300 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 28 Dec 2022 | €3,743$4,350 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 14 Dec 2022 | €3,364$3,899 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 26 Nov 2022 | €3,005$3,499 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 18 Nov 2022 | €2,157$2,500 as sold | fair | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 22 Sept 2022 | €1,678$1,945 as sold | very good | 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 Kingdom €3,715 · France €3,860 · Germany €3,900 · United States €4,021 · 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 €5,244 for the Gibson Explorer E2 today, 69% over the €3,100 it actually sells for (18 recorded sales, last 24 months; most sold between €2,950 and €3,850). The closest version sold new, the Gibson '70s Explorer, costs €2,255 at Thomann (read 3 October 2026). There are 19 listings live right now across Reverb, eBay Germany, eBay United States, from €3,715 asking. Figures computed 17 October 2026 by Doirado from cross-platform listing data.