Dave, what  you are largely seeing in the market  are asking prices on the high side from both guitar shops and wishful thinking private parties. 

There were thousands of 60D Dobros made between 1970  to 1993 when Gibson bought the company, and they continued with the model until the last American made Dobros were built in Nashville in 2010. 

Here's a big difference between OMI Dobros and your favorite instrument, the D-28: very few if any big dog pros play a Dobro brand guitar from 1970 onwards whereas you still see and hear pros playing D-28s on a daily basis. 

Players using Dobro brand guitars to get the more traditional sound tend toward the prewar instruments, Fred Travers of The Seldom Scene being a prime example, and those guitars are selling for a lot more money than the more modern post WWII Dobros, of which again - there are thousands. 
 

I think you may have to get the asking price under four figures and possibly settle for something in the $700-$800 range. There were some fancier models made that garner a higher price, but the old standby 60D iseems to be going for what I wrote earlier. 

Search on eBay for Completed Sales to get an idea of how much people actually paid in an auction.

For reference, a year ago i sold one on this forum for $880.  It was VG condition, with Scheerhorn cone upgrade and professional setup (Bobby Wright / Byrl Murdock).  It did sell pretty quickly at that price.

If your Fishman pickup is the most recent Nashville model, it may get you some value if you highlight that fact.  

Short of that knowledge, I'd agree with Mark, you may need to settle for something closer to $800-ish.  Of course, it only takes one buyer, so who knows...

Good luck!

https://www.resohangout.com/classified/12711

Jamie, Dave didn't mention in his classified ad which Fishman he has in the Dobro. He wrote he installed it  many years ago.

if that was prior to 2009/10 then it's likely the dreaded Fishman "Classic" or what many of us refer to as the "donut" pickup which mounts on the tension screw inside the guitar under the cone. 

If that's the case, then it isn't much of a "value added" selling point. 

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Originally posted by MarkinSonoma

Jamie, Dave didn't mention in his classified ad which Fishman he has in the Dobro. He wrote he installed it  many years ago.

if that was prior to 2009/10 then it's likely the dreaded Fishman "Classic" or what many of us refer to as the "donut" pickup which mounts on the tension screw inside the guitar under the cone. 

If that's the case, then it isn't much of a "value added" selling point. 

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Yep, agree and that's my point exactly...

"It also has a pickup installed - a Fishman, if memory serves. I put it in years ago & I think they were the only game in town at the time."

If the above (from his classified ad) refers to a "donut", then no real value imo.  For that matter, I'd also place more value on a V2 Nashville (post 2013 iteration I believe...), but that may be nitpicking.

If Dave mentioned more details somewhere I hadn't caught that piece.

I don't think it's nitpicking regarding selling resos in general in differentiating between the original Nashville pickup and the version 2 which came out in 2013. Some significant differences between the two.

I think dobros are extremely niche, and of the few people who think of themselves as dobro players, the majority is looking for a larger open body guitars instead of more traditional soundwell R-body guitars. I prefer the latter myself but I realize I'm a minority of a very small group. Dobro players are also among the least traditionally-minded of bluegrass folk, in my experience, hence the "interesting" aesthetic choices of some of the boutique builds.

Most dobros that you see on Reverb are being sold by, or are trying to be sold by, people who don't really know anything about the instrument. There was a recent listing of a "prewar" dobro on Reverb that was obviously a 70s or 80s OMI model. If you ask the sellers any questions about the cone, construction, etc., they can't answer them.

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Originally posted by gadobro

... There was a recent listing of a "prewar" dobro on Reverb that was obviously a 70s or 80s OMI model...

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Pre-Gulf War?

I have a 1992 Dobro OMI- D63- same as the D60 but with 8 strings. It's now worth about what a new Gold Tone Paul Beard is worth NEW. Its also a 'Well' type guitar- no sound posts.

The mod. 60 was my first one. Doing a complete mod. helped the guitar greatly. eBay might be a place to sell it. There are people that want them because of the name and all that goes with it. Dobro is the holy grail that we go back to and its history. I guess it’s worth the best price you can get for it.

Howdy....This might not be a good reference...however I bought a great 60D-S in 2005 for $400.00
Maybe you should check FB market place, Craigslist and local and on line pawn shops. Only question I have is why are you selling it? It might be of more value if you give it to someone in your family and teach them to play it. Ain't too many young people today that are interested in playing the Dobro. Good luck to you with selling or giving away....you Dobro.
Be Well,
Tom

Hang in there and don’t underestimate the appreciation for your guitar. The right person will come along.

I've never seen evidence of an OMI dobro (other than maybe a special signature model) selling for more than $1K. When there has been one in stores it usually sits for a while while the asking price goes down slowly. I think around $800 is the sweet spot but even then you have to be patient.