Interesting afternoon... the man who was here to quote some replacement windows for me turns out to be a bassist in an area blues band, and he has a white Bicentennial 'Bird that he would like to sell. He's the original owner. It's unbroken.
He says he made two mistakes when he first bought it: he traded the original case back to the dealer for an anvil case, and he thought the emblem on the pickguard was cheesy so he had them put on a plain black one instead; he doesn't have the original guard.
I haven't followed these closely anytime lately, any ideas? He seemed to think that he could have gotten $2K if it had the original case and guard, is that about right?