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
373 sold • 81 for sale • 46 auction
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For Sale (21 listings)
Unknown seller • 1951
American Vintage II 1951 Telecaster Electric Guitar - Prototype White
$1,799
Excellent
Guitar Chimp • 1986
1986 Fender Japan TL52-65SPL '52 Micawber Keith Richards Telecaster MIJ Natural Tweed HSC
$1,499
Very Good
Unknown seller • 1955
'55 Telecaster Journeyman Relic Electric Guitar
$2,900
Excellent
Cavendish Music Co. • 1999
1999 Fender American Standard Telecaster with Rosewood Fretboard Natural with Hardshell Case
$1,500
Good
Unknown seller • 1952
American Vintage '52 Telecaster 2000s - Butterscotch Blonde
$1,525
Good
mustrument • 1997
Fender Deluxe Nashville Telecaster - 1997 - Gigbag included
$1,048
Excellent
Unknown seller • 1977
Telecaster Thinline 1977 - Black - Clean, with Tags!
$6,950
Excellent
Unknown seller • 1995
TLG-94P Gold Telecaster MIJ 1995 Snow White Japan USA Pure Vintage PUs w/ OHSC
$2,195
Excellent
Fender Fever Ltd. • 1994
Fender TL-67 SPL Player Series HS Telecaster MIJ 1994 - Sunburst
$1,679
Very Good
Unknown seller • 1981
Bullet S-2 1981 Red USA "V" Neck Telecaster Style SS w/ Bag
$1,095
Excellent![Fender Mexico Classic 72 Telecaster Custom Black [MN9387926] (04/17)](https://rvb-img.reverb.com/i/s--329UAxzV--/quality=medium-low,height=800,width=800,fit=contain/8331c96f-4203-4c6e-90e4-e573208deb2c.jpg)
ISHIBASHI MUSIC • 1999
Fender Mexico Classic 72 Telecaster Custom Black [MN9387926] (04/17)
$992
Good
Unknown seller • 1990
TL72-500 Telecaster Reissue MIJ 1990 Natural '72 RI Made in Japan In Original Box w/ Tags
$1,695
Excellent
Cool Old Guitars • 1985
1985 Fender Japan TL72-55 '72 Reissue Telecaster (Black)
$1,242
Good
Unknown seller • 1997
TL62B-TX Telecaster Custom '62 Reissue CIJ 1997 Candy Apple Red Double Bound USA Texas Special PUs w/ Bag
$1,595
Excellent
Modesto's Shop (UK) • 1995
Fender Standard Telecaster 1995 Red - Top Load Bridge - Custom Shop 51 Nocaster Pickups
$1,134
Good
Unknown seller • 1990
Feder Vintage Telecaster James Burton Red Paisley
$1,975
Mint
