The American Vintage (AV) Series started in 1982-1998. A slightly different American Vintage series ran from 1999-2012. And a third AV series, colloquially known as AVRIs, ran from 2013- 2018(?).
Names taken directly from the catalogs. I can't find any catalog that uses the term American Vintage Reissue (AVRI).
DIgital copies of catalogs available here...
https://guitar-compare.com/catalogs/fender-catalogs/
As far as pricing goes, I'll throw my two-cents in.
I follow the market (fancy way to say I look at Reverb and eBay regularly). IMO, the pricings go (highest to lowest)
1982-1986 AVs
2013-2018 (?) AVs
1999-2012 AVs
1997-1998 AVs (but the last two could be flip-flopped easily)
IMO, a decent one from those two groups should fetch $1300-1800.
@Johnny Danger - nice looking guitar.
The 1999-2012 AVs have a slightly different (better) neck shape than the earlier ones (of which I have a couple). I don't see many '99-'12s for sale recently.
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