There is probably nothing worse than having a guitar stolen. I have a 75 Stratocaster hardtail that I bought from a guy back in 1976. He had only had it for 3 weeks. Being one of those CBS Fenders I never figured that it would be worth anything, in fact I saw them for under $1000 on eBay just last year. Now I see them pushing $2000. I like mine, so how much I can sell it for is kind of irrelevant, but I'm still surprised at what amount of money they are fetching. I have to say though that a 1974 is not worth $6500; but then we all talking about GC.