Gibson Explorer III
guitar · 1984–1985
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Why this number?
The typical used price is the median of 8 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 | €1,750 | median sold, rounded |
| Most sold between | €1,500–€2,650 | 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 | 8 used sales | thin data, treat as a rough guide |
| Time to sell | — | only counted from listings we watch start to finish; not enough yet |
| Live asks | €3,908 | typical ask across 14 listings, 123% above typical used |
| Outliers | dropped | beyond 10× the product’s own median: bundles, parts, typos |
| All-time | €1,550 | 45 used sales, 2013–2026; not used for deals |
| Sales on record | 45 | 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 18 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
8 more live · €3,372–€4,953 · typical ask €3,908 · 4 United States · 2 Australia
- €3,37293% over typicalexcellent ·
United States · Reverb · confirmed 7 h agocheck this is the same guitar - €4,443154% over typicalgood · United States · Reverb · confirmed 7 h agocheck this is the same guitar
- €4,461155% over typicalgood · United States · eBay United States · confirmed 5 days agocheck this is the same guitar
- €4,513158% over typicalvery good ·
Australia · Reverb · confirmed 7 h agocheck this is the same guitar - €4,520158% over typicalvery good ·
United Kingdom · Reverb · confirmed 7 h agocheck this is the same guitar - €4,807175% over typicalvery good · Australia · Reverb · confirmed 7 h agocheck this is the same guitar
- €4,888179% over typicalexcellent · United States · Reverb · confirmed 7 h agocheck this is the same guitar
- €4,953183% over typicalexcellent · United Kingdom · Reverb · confirmed 7 h agocheck this is the same guitar
Price history
Every recorded sale, one point each: 45 of them, placed by the day the ad went up. Too few sales to draw a trend through them without inventing one, so the points speak for themselves. Condition is mixed, so some of the spread is a mint against a fair rather than the market moving.
Recent sales by listing date
8 used sales · last 24 months · middle half €1,500–€2,650 · thin
| Listed | Price | Condition | From | Platform | The listing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Sept 2026 | €2,498$2,800 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 17 May 2026 | €1,026$1,195 as sold | fair | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 22 Apr 2026 | €1,159$1,350 as sold | fair | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 15 Dec 2025 | €3,177$3,699 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 29 May 2025 | €1,632$1,900 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 all 45 recorded sales
| Listed | Price | Condition | From | Platform | The listing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Nov 2025 | €1,804$2,100 as sold | fair | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 28 Mar 2025 | €1,717$1,999 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 11 Jan 2025 | €4,294$5,000 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 8 Oct 2024 | €2,146$2,499 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 11 Sept 2024 | €1,545$1,799 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 20 Feb 2024 | €3,006$3,500 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 7 Oct 2023 | €1,462$1,695 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 7 Dec 2022 | €2,147$2,500 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 6 Dec 2022 | €901$1,049 as sold | fair | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 18 Nov 2022 | €3,338$3,887 as sold | excellent |   Finland | Reverb | Details |
| 21 Oct 2022 | €858$999 as sold | fair | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 2 Mar 2022 | €2,232$2,599 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 30 Nov 2021 | €2,104$2,450 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 27 Dec 2020 | €2,146$2,499 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 30 Nov 2020 | €1,288$1,500 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 7 Nov 2020 | €3,002$3,495 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 24 Oct 2020 | €1,353$1,575 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 27 Sept 2020 | €2,405$2,800 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 18 Sept 2020 | €1,847$2,150 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 11 Jul 2020 | €1,201$1,395 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 16 Jun 2020 | €1,331$1,550 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 12 Mar 2020 | €2,924$3,404 as sold | good |  Guernsey | Reverb | Details |
| 9 Feb 2020 | €558$650 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 5 Feb 2020 | €1,713$1,995 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 23 Jan 2020 | €1,293$1,505 as sold | very good |  Canada | Reverb | Details |
| 29 Jul 2019 | €1,370$1,595 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 9 Jul 2019 | €859$1,000 as sold | fair | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 16 Jan 2019 | €2,315$2,695 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 11 Apr 2018 | €1,889$2,199 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 28 Mar 2018 | €1,374$1,600 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 10 Mar 2018 | €2,319$2,700 as sold | mint | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 20 Feb 2018 | €1,366$1,590 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 13 Feb 2018 | €1,546$1,800 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 31 Dec 2017 | €1,203$1,395 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 13 Mar 2017 | €1,713$1,995 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 9 Oct 2016 | €1,159$1,350 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 9 Sept 2016 | €686$795 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 26 May 2016 | €1,030$1,199 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 23 Nov 2013 | €813$947 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 23 May 2013 | €1,198$1,395 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 States €1,777 · Australia €4,513 · United Kingdom €4,520 · 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 €3,908 for the Gibson Explorer III today, 123% over the €1,750 it actually sells for (8 recorded sales, last 24 months; most sold between €1,500 and €2,650). The current version, the Gibson '70s Explorer, costs €2,255 at Thomann (read 3 October 2026). There are 14 listings live right now across Reverb, eBay United States, from €1,777 asking. Figures computed 18 October 2026 by Doirado from cross-platform listing data.