Pictured below is the trick Fly owners are using in order to get their guitars to appreciate to over nine thousand dollars in value, which the subsequent pages of listings sitting under that amount have apparently failed to do:
This '99 Supreme with a hidden serial (nonetheless identifiable through its body's grain markings), in "mint except for a finish chip" condition, was asking $10,145 until the listing price dropped to $8,950 on 9/21, then to $7,995 on 9/30. After rejecting two offers, the seller unlisted the guitar; which was concurrently listed in the FB groups with a $7,500 asking price, before again being dropped to $6,500 on 10/6. It's possible a FB sale for that amount precipitated the Supreme being taken off Reverb.
'99 Natural Classic 236029BMH previously advertised without a price
here with the qualification that "I'm sure it is worth far more than what most of them are selling for, considering her age and MINT condition", asking $9,904.
Looking at the most recent Parker sales on Reverb shows that the majority of listings actually moving are non-Fly models priced under $2K, with Fly sales averaging under $3K and outliers seeming to top out around the $3,500 range.
Now, if we look at the guitars in that $9K+ range which have sold, what's shown is that the actual, final sale prices are undisclosed because they were negotiated:
The
$27,000 Koa Fly, listed at that price to circumvent paying for Reverb bumps, sold following three offers. The
$10,095 2013 quilt burst blue Mojo P1308021 went for a single offer.
As detailed in recent posts, we seem to be seeing Artists and Supremes selling for anywhere between $3-5K, presumably due to their relative rarity in the marketplace - Yet contrary to actually being far more common in production numbers than, say, many of the guitars built under the Parker brand between 2013-15, after the brand had switched to a built-to-order model. We continue to see guitars from that era produced under the Fly moniker and shape priced in competition with Flys from all other eras of production, despite their specs actually being far more rare.
Overall, we seem to be dealing with market value being determined by rarity
only as perceived by the seller, which itself is only proven by actual sales. As obvious as this may be to those of us who follow it, supply exceeding demand doesn't seem to be a consideration for those ostensibly seeing the most expensive listings and deciding that's where their guitar must belong. That's how you get listings such as
this pawn shop RF model initially listed as a $,3500 Fly, then relisted as a $2,500 NiteFly.