Gibson J-185 1950s
guitar · 1950–1959Vintage1950s
Has sold for €9,050 over 2014–2025, across 17 used sales. Too few in the last two years for a typical price today.
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Not enough sold data for a typical price. 5 for sale, from €14,663. Closest new: Gibson J-185 Century 12-Fret, €2,222 at Thomann.
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
Price history
Every recorded sale, one point each: 17 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
| Listed | Price | Condition | From | Platform | The listing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Dec 2025 | €9,035$10,500 as sold | very good |  United States | Reverb | Details |
| 28 Aug 2025 | €10,755$12,500 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 19 Nov 2024 | €3,498$4,055 as sold | mint | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 30 Aug 2024 | €6,279$7,278 as sold | good |   France | Reverb | Details |
| 27 Sept 2023 | €8,627$10,000 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 Marketplaces do not publish the day a sale closed; each of these had sold by the time we recorded it, in August 2026 and October 2026.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 17 of 18 recorded sales
| Listed | Price | Condition | From | Platform | The listing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Sept 2024 | €8,546$9,950 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 18 Jun 2024 | €14,172$16,500 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 15 Jul 2021 | €12,472$14,000 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 23 May 2021 | €8,589$10,000 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 3 Jul 2020 | €12,913$14,999 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 20 Jan 2019 | €6,737$7,800 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 4 Jul 2018 | €9,060$10,500 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 24 May 2017 | €7,301$8,500 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 8 May 2017 | €10,332$12,000 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 8 Jan 2016 | €6,478$7,500 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 13 Nov 2015 | €11,993$13,900 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 2 May 2014 | €19,651$22,775 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.
Cheapest live: United States €14,663 · 
Italy €28,167 · before shipping
17 recorded sales of the Gibson J-185 1950s from 2014–2025, all-time around €9,050. Too few in the last two years to quote a typical used price. Cheapest live €14,663 before shipping. Figures computed 19 October 2026.