Yeah, I would say way overpriced. Great guitars, however. I got mine way back in 1981 for $300, which seemed a lot, at the time. Going to an inflation calculator on the net, that would be about $977 today, adjusted for inflation. I think it is from about 1958, by some of the clues. The S/N was written on the label in fountain pen ink and is very faded. 4-digits that look like 3286 or 6286 or 8286. The first digit is very faded. It is a Hoboken and has the body silhouette label and they were not pressing the S/N into the back of the headstock yet. So, maybe 1958 or 1959. I'm not sure. Maybe Hans has some ideas about the clues. Years back, I put some Guild machine heads on to replace the old worm-gear tuners it had. After decades of service, I also needed to have a re-fret done and had it done by David's Broken Note in Woodland, CA (He does great work). Here's a link to a video of the re-fret job he did.
-tonepoet