Hofner 500/1 Violin Bass
bass · 1956–2020
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Why this number?
The typical used price is the median of 17 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 | €1,950 | median sold, rounded |
| Most sold between | €1,700–€2,450 | 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 | 17 used sales | thin data, treat as a rough guide |
| Time to sell | — | only counted from listings we watch start to finish; not enough yet |
| Sell-through | 0% | 21 watched listings resolved, 6 months |
| Live asks | €2,458 | typical ask across 28 listings, 26% above typical used |
| Outliers | dropped | beyond 10× the product’s own median: bundles, parts, typos |
| All-time | €1,850 | 139 used sales, 2014–2026; not used for deals |
| Sales on record | 157 | all-time, all platforms |
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.
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 United States
22 more live · €1,872–€7,447 · typical ask €2,458 · 9 Japan · 5 United States
- €1,872about typical (4% under)good ·
Croatia · Reverb · confirmed 2 days ago - €1,874about typical (4% under)good ·
Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 4 days ago - €1,904about typical (2% under)very good ·
Canada · Reverb · confirmed 2 days ago - €1,929about typical (1% under)good · Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 6 days ago
- €2,030about typical (4% over)good · Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 6 days ago
- €2,22014% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 6 days ago
- €2,23014% over typicalgood ·
United States · eBay United States · confirmed 6 days ago - €2,42524% over typicalvery good ·
Germany · Reverb · confirmed 2 days ago - €2,49028% over typicalgood · United States · Reverb · confirmed 2 days ago
- €2,67237% over typicalvery good · United States · Reverb · confirmed 2 days ago
12 more · €2,673–€7,447 · Japan, United States, United Kingdom, Canada and 2 more
- €2,67337% over typicalvery good · United States · Reverb · confirmed 2 days ago
- €2,76242% over typicalgood · Canada · Reverb · confirmed 2 days ago
- €2,83745% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay Germany · confirmed 4 days ago
- €3,24266% over typicalexcellent ·
Italy · Reverb · confirmed 2 days ago - €3,83797% over typicalexcellent ·
Ireland · Reverb · confirmed 2 days agocheck this is the same bass - €3,85998% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 6 days agocheck this is the same bass
- €4,009106% over typicalgood · United States · Reverb · confirmed 2 days agocheck this is the same bass
- €4,964155% over typicalexcellent ·
United Kingdom · Reverb · confirmed 2 days agocheck this is the same bass - €5,350174% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 5 days agocheck this is the same bass
- €5,800197% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 6 days agocheck this is the same bass
- €5,826199% over typicalgood · Japan · eBay United States · confirmed 6 days agocheck this is the same bass
- €7,447282% over typicalexcellent · United Kingdom · Reverb · confirmed 2 days agocheck this is the same bass
Price history
Every recorded sale, one point each: 157 of them, placed by the day the ad went up. The line follows the middle of the sales around each point, with the middle half behind it, and breaks wherever nothing sold nearby. Condition is mixed, so some of the spread is a mint against a fair rather than the market moving.
Recent sales by listing date
17 used sales · last 24 months · middle half €1,700–€2,450 · thin
| Listed | Price | Condition | From | Platform | The listing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Sept 2026 | €2,390$2,700 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 11 Sept 2026 | €1,938$2,175 as sold | very good | United Kingdom | Reverb | Details |
| 30 Jun 2026 | €1,632$1,900 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 26 Apr 2026 | €1,699$1,975 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 19 Mar 2026 | €3,270$3,800 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 the last 50 of 157 recorded sales
| Listed | Price | Condition | From | Platform | The listing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 May 2026 | €1,850$2,150 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 14 Apr 2026 | €1,592$1,850 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 10 Feb 2026 | €5,891$6,846 as sold | mint | United Kingdom | Reverb | Details |
| 27 Sept 2025 | €4,130$4,800 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 4 Sept 2025 | €1,592$1,850 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 24 Aug 2025 | €2,409$2,800 as sold | mint | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 30 Jul 2025 | €1,635$1,900 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 21 Jul 2025 | €1,720$1,999 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 18 Jul 2025 | €2,925$3,400 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 5 Apr 2025 | €2,431$2,809 as sold | excellent | Germany | Reverb | Details |
| 13 Mar 2025 | €3,071$3,575 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 27 Jan 2025 | €2,347$2,733 as sold | very good | Germany | Reverb | Details |
| 6 Nov 2024 | €1,932$2,250 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 26 Sept 2024 | €1,873$2,177 as sold | excellent | Germany | Reverb | Details |
| 19 Aug 2024 | €3,991$4,461 as sold | excellent | Italy | Reverb | Details |
| 12 Jun 2024 | €1,340$1,560 as sold | excellent | United Kingdom | Reverb | Details |
| 14 Mar 2024 | €1,773$2,064 as sold | good |  Malta | Reverb | Details |
| 12 Feb 2024 | €1,803$2,099 as sold | mint | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 26 Jan 2024 | €2,146$2,499 as sold | mint | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 10 Jan 2024 | €2,451$2,854 as sold | very good |  Australia | Reverb | Details |
| 25 Nov 2023 | €2,534$2,950 as sold | mint | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 29 Oct 2023 | €2,061$2,400 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 18 Oct 2023 | €2,504$2,915 as sold | good |  France | Reverb | Details |
| 15 Oct 2023 | €1,459$1,699 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 20 Sept 2023 | €1,402$1,626 as sold | very good | United Kingdom | Reverb | Details |
| 17 Aug 2023 | €1,208$1,400 as sold | fair | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 7 Jul 2023 | €1,510$1,750 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 21 May 2023 | €2,004$2,329 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 3 May 2023 | €2,001$2,325 as sold | good | United Kingdom | Reverb | Details |
| 26 Apr 2023 | €2,581$3,000 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 20 Apr 2023 | €1,033$1,200 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 13 Apr 2023 | €3,700$4,300 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 11 Apr 2023 | €1,638$1,899 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 2 Apr 2023 | €3,437$3,995 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 13 Mar 2023 | €2,108$2,450 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 21 Jan 2023 | €3,183$3,699 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 22 Dec 2022 | €1,252$1,458 as sold | excellent |  Spain | Reverb | Details |
| 9 Dec 2022 | €2,577$3,000 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 15 Nov 2022 | €1,462$1,695 as sold | fair | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 15 Oct 2022 | €3,129$3,643 as sold | good | Germany | Reverb | Details |
| 1 Sept 2022 | €1,721$1,995 as sold | good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 27 Apr 2022 | €3,865$4,500 as sold | new | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 20 Apr 2022 | €3,018$3,499 as sold | excellent | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 21 Mar 2022 | €1,550$1,800 as sold | very good | United States | Reverb | Details |
| 25 Feb 2022 | €1,937$2,250 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.
Where it’s cheapest right now
What sellers are asking today, by country. Asking prices, not sales; shipping, fees and any customs or import VAT between you and the seller are not included.
| Country | Live | Median ask | Cheapest ask | Cheapest vs typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 13 | €2,030 | €1,059 | €891 under (46%) |
| United States | 7 | €2,490 | €1,514 | €436 under (22%) |
| Croatia | 1 | €1,872 | €1,872 | €78 under (4%) |
| Canada | 2 | €2,333 | €1,904 | €46 under (2%) |
| Germany | 1 | €2,425 | €2,425 | 24% over typical |
| Italy | 1 | €3,242 | €3,242 | 66% over typical |
| Ireland | 1 | €3,837 | €3,837 | 97% over typical |
| United Kingdom | 2 | €6,206 | €4,964 | 155% over typical |
In one paragraph
The page's figures as one paragraph, assembled for quoting; not written by hand.
Sellers are asking a median of €2,458 for the Hofner 500/1 Violin Bass today, 26% over the €1,950 it actually sells for (17 recorded sales, last 24 months; most sold between €1,700 and €2,450). There are 28 listings live right now across Reverb, eBay United States, eBay Germany, from €1,059 asking. Figures computed 19 October 2026 by Doirado from cross-platform listing data.