Gibson Will Pay You $59,000 If You Find Their 1959-1960 Shipping Ledgers

Gibson Guitar is launching a global search for missing shipping ledgers from 1959 to 1960.

The company's shipping records for 1959-1960 disappeared from Gibson’s archives around 30 years ago and possibly never made the move with the company from Kalamazoo, Michigan, to Nashville, Tennessee.

The Gibson family would like to recover those missing records and, after proper validation, will give a $59,000.00 cash reward to the person or persons who safely returns those ledgers, with "zero questions asked."

Gibson also wishes to recover pre-1970 documents, blueprints and other unique Gibson historical assets. Gibson will evaluate relevant items and individual rewards terms on a case-by-case basis.

Here's the Gibson validation request process for all items:

1.) Send validation requests to: 59Ledger@gibson.com or Ledger@gibson.com.

Emails must include:
a. Written description
b. Photograph(s) and/or videos of the items
c. Contact email and phone number

2.) The validation email request will be reviewed within 15 business days by the Gibson Historical Committee (GHC), composed of Cesar Gueikian, Mat Koehler (Head of Product Development), Mark Agnesi (Director of Brand Experience) and Jason Davidson (Director of Consumer Services).

3.) Based on the GHC’s analysis, the submitting party will be contacted with next steps and instructions.