Gibson GA-18 Explorer
amp · 1959–1961Vintage1959–1961
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Why this number?
The typical used price is the median of 10 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 | €920 | median sold, rounded |
| Most sold between | €870–€980 | 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 | 10 used sales | thin data, treat as a rough guide |
| Time to sell | — | only counted from listings we watch start to finish; not enough yet |
| Outliers | dropped | beyond 10× the product’s own median: bundles, parts, typos |
| All-time | €950 | 58 used sales, 2013–2026; not used for deals |
| Sales on record | 58 | all-time, all platforms |
| Closest new | €1,999 | Gibson '80s 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 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 StatesPrice history
Every recorded sale, one point each: 58 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
10 used sales · last 24 months · middle half €870–€980 · thin
| Listed | Price | Condition | From | Platform | The listing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Jul 2026 | €895$1,009 as sold | very good |  United States | Reverb | Details |
| 17 Mar 2026 | €988$1,150 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 5 Nov 2025 | €978$1,139 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 6 Oct 2025 | €644$750 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 26 May 2025 | €760$885 as sold | 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 Marketplaces do not publish the day a sale closed; each of these had sold by the time we recorded it, in August 2026 and October 2026.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.
Show the last 50 of 58 recorded sales
| Listed | Price | Condition | From | Platform | The listing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Jan 2026 | €1,645$1,915 as sold | very good |  United Kingdom | Reverb | Details |
| 1 Dec 2025 | €887$999 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 23 Jul 2025 | €990$1,150 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 4 Apr 2025 | €945$1,100 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 22 Nov 2024 | €863$1,000 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 28 Sept 2024 | €1,205$1,400 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 30 Aug 2024 | €902$1,050 as sold | fair | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 1 Jun 2024 | €859$1,000 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 27 Mar 2024 | €1,417$1,650 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 2 Mar 2024 | €1,035$1,200 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 17 Feb 2024 | €1,460$1,700 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 4 Dec 2023 | €1,078$1,250 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 18 Nov 2023 | €945$1,100 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 15 May 2023 | €945$1,100 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 20 Apr 2023 | €608$708 as sold | poor | United Kingdom | Reverb | Details |
| 19 Apr 2023 | €2,268$2,629 as sold | very good | United Kingdom | Reverb | Details |
| 4 Jan 2023 | €1,032$1,199 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 31 Oct 2022 | €1,202$1,400 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 15 Aug 2022 | €1,450$1,688 as sold | good |   Poland | Reverb | Details |
| 22 Jul 2022 | €1,546$1,800 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 2 Jul 2022 | €1,674$1,940 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 29 Jun 2022 | €1,847$2,150 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 28 Nov 2021 | €945$1,100 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 20 Sept 2021 | €945$1,100 as sold | fair | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 21 Jul 2021 | €1,026$1,195 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 3 Jun 2021 | €603$700 as sold | fair | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 1 Feb 2021 | €1,417$1,650 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 27 Dec 2020 | €1,377$1,600 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 20 Aug 2020 | €944$1,099 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 2 May 2020 | €602$699 as sold | poor | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 1 Mar 2020 | €1,296$1,500 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 22 Feb 2020 | €1,882$2,179 as sold | very good |  France | Reverb | Details |
| 7 Nov 2019 | €687$795 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 6 Nov 2019 | €1,284$1,495 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 17 Oct 2019 | €776$899 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 2 Jul 2019 | €1,959$2,268 as sold | excellent | United Kingdom | Reverb | Details |
| 30 Apr 2019 | €864$1,000 as sold | excellent |  Dominican Republic | Reverb | Details |
| 11 Apr 2019 | €864$1,000 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 15 Oct 2018 | €777$900 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 17 Mar 2018 | €949$1,100 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 2 Mar 2018 | €859$995 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 23 Feb 2017 | €425$495 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 22 Feb 2017 | €858$1,000 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 9 Aug 2016 | €429$500 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 6 Jul 2016 | €643$725 as sold | 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 €1,336 · before shipping
In one paragraph
The page's figures as one paragraph, assembled for quoting; not written by hand.
The Gibson GA-18 Explorer sold for a median of €920 over the last 24 months across 10 recorded sales, with most examples landing between €870 and €980. The current version, the Gibson '80s Explorer, costs €1,999 at Thomann (read 19 October 2026). There is 1 listing live right now across eBay United States, from €1,336 asking. Figures computed 19 October 2026 by Doirado from cross-platform listing data.