Fender Vintage Telecaster
Price by model year
This page covers the vintage Telecaster market from the earliest 1950s blackguard years through pre-2000 examples, which means it spans several very different versions of the same basic design. Early blackguards sit at the top of the hierarchy, 1960s custom-color and bound-body guitars attract their own audience, and 1970s through 1990s instruments trade more on utility and spec than on mythology alone. On the used market, year, originality and finish history drive the spread, with untouched bridges, original pickups and strong neck dates carrying real weight while refinishes, route work and mixed parts push a guitar into player territory. The useful way to read this page is by era, because a 1952 Telecaster and a 1998 Telecaster should not be treated as comparable inventory.
Individual Listings
402 sold • 60 for sale • 38 auction
Related models
Factory-new with known provenance: master-built reissues for buyers who want vintage-correct spec without originality questions.
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For Sale (21 listings)
Cool Old Guitars • 1987
1987 Fender Japan TL72-53 '72 Reissue Telecaster (Black)
$1,211
Good
Unknown seller • 1968
1968 Fender Telecaster 100% Original parts and electronics Tele Spank! (376)
$7,800
Good
Grays Guitars • 1988
Fender American Standard Telecaster with Maple Fretboard 1988- Black
$1,350
Good
Unknown seller • 1973
1973 Fender Telecaster Wide Range Pickup! Sounds Killer! (338)
$3,700
Good
Shore Point Vintage Guitars • 1960
Fender Telecaster 1960 - Blonde Refin - OHSC
$18,500
Very Good
Unknown seller • 1975
1975 Fender Telecaster Iconic Guitar Feels and plays GREAT! (263)
$3,700
Good
Only great Guitars Club • 1975
Fender Telecaster Custom 1975 Black with Maple Fretboard
$4,687
Good
Unknown seller • 1994
1994 Fender James Burton Telecaster Great Finish! Iconic Player (230)
$1,950
Good
World's Music - Import France • 1994
FENDER Telecaster Thinline TN'72 1994 - Ash Nat - Japan Import
$1,839
Excellent
Unknown seller • 1998
1998 Fender Collectors Edition Telecaster Very Good Condition! Iconic Guitar (209)
$1,900
Good
Unknown seller • 1963
American Vintage II 1963 Telecaster Electric Guitar - Red Transparent
$1,888
Mint
Just Guitars • 1972
Fender Telecaster 1972 - Mick Thomas, Weddings Parties Anything - Dark Natural / Honey Blonde
$8,705
Very Good
Unknown seller • 1960
1960 Tele Relic, Time Machine, Ash Body, AAA Rosewood FB, Magenta Sparkle, w/HSC
$3,999
Mint
EPIC AXES USA • 1993
1993-94 Fender Telecaster Custom TC-72, Made in Japan - Natural Ash
$1,499
Very Good
Imperial Vintage Guitars • 1950
1950 Fender Broadcaster Blackguard Butterscotch Blonde w/HSC
$31,995
Very Good
Unknown seller • 1997
1997 Fender American Standard Telecaster Electric Guitar w/Case! Olympic White! VERY NICE!!!
$1,099
Excellent
Nationwide Guitars • 1983
1983 Fender Telecaster Elite Guitar - Vintage White Finish - TBX and Mid Range Control - Great Player
$1,899
Very Good
Unknown seller • 1951
75th Anniversary Vintera Road Worn 1951 Telecaster Electric Guitar - Butterscotch Blonde
$1,599
Mint