Hofner 500/1 Contemporary
bass
Has sold for €520 over 2016–2023, across 8 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. 8 for sale, from €899.
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 Germany
eBay United States
2 more live · €1,497–€1,555 · typical ask €1,124
Price history
Every recorded sale, one point each: 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Sept 2023 | €692$777 as sold | excellent |  United States | Reverb | Details |
| 12 Jan 2022 | €896$1,010 as sold | new | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 6 Jul 2021 | €515$600 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 21 Nov 2019 | €679$759 as sold | new | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 9 Nov 2018 | €802$900 as sold | mint | 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 Marketplaces do not publish the day a sale closed; each of these had sold by the time we recorded it, in September 2026 and October 2026. A price is what the listing last asked, converted at that day’s rate.
Show all 11 recorded sales
| Listed | Price | Condition | From | Platform | The listing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Jul 2021 | €558$650 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 11 Sept 2017 | €313$350 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 2 Jul 2017 | €534$599 as sold | mint | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 24 Apr 2017 | €439$495 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 14 Jun 2016 | €441$495 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 27 Dec 2013 | €623$699 as sold | new | 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 Marketplaces do not publish the day a sale closed; each of these had sold by the time we recorded it, in September 2026 and October 2026. A price is what the listing last asked, converted at that day’s rate.
Cheapest live: 
Japan €899 · before shipping
8 recorded sales of the Hofner 500/1 Contemporary from 2016–2023, all-time around €520. Too few in the last two years to quote a typical used price. Cheapest live €899 before shipping. Figures computed 17 October 2026.