How much did the guitars smashed by The Who actually cost?

We tallied up the value of the guitars destroyed by The Who in the '60s, and it's horrifying…

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A couple weeks back, we stumbled upon a pretty extensive chronology of guitars smashed by Pete Townshend. Which obviously made us wonder... what models got destroyed? How many of them (that we know about)? And how much would those same models fetch on the used market today?

We cracked open the Reverb Price Guide, did a little rig math, and became increasingly distressed with our findings:

Guitars smashed by The Who

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