Authentic C.F. Martin Label?

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Author Message   Chucke99 Username: Chucke99 Registered: 2-2007 Posted on Monday, July 02, 2007 - 3:24 pm:    Inquiring minds want to know. The guitar itself has no logo on the headstock. Looks to be parlor-sized.   Chucke99 Username: Chucke99 Registered: 2-2007 Posted on Monday, July 02, 2007 - 6:28 pm:    The market votes "yes" on authenticity: http://www.shopgoodwill.com/viewItem.asp?ItemID=28 35794 -Chuck   Gemberbier Username: Gemberbier Registered: 5-2006 Posted on Monday, July 02, 2007 - 8:51 pm:    It looks authentic. The logo is on the BACK of the headstock. This guitar seems to be a Martin 0-28K (K stands for Koa, a timber from Hawaii). The 0-28K model was produced from 1917-1931 and was made for Hawaiian style (slide), so originally they had high nut and bridge saddles, but some owners converted them to low-nut use. (Source: "Acoustic Guitars, the illustrated encyclopedia" by Dave Hunter (ed.) page 180. Ginger   Chucke99 Username: Chucke99 Registered: 2-2007 Posted on Monday, July 02, 2007 - 11:31 pm:    What do you think this puppy is worth?   Gemberbier Username: Gemberbier Registered: 5-2006 Posted on Tuesday, July 03, 2007 - 12:17 pm:    In a very good condition $6,000-7,000 I googled a few in Japan and the USA: http://www.j-guitar.com/sp/sea/view_detail.cgi?pid =10231971 http://www.j-guitar.com/sp/sea/view_detail/s107713 57.html http://www.vintage-instruments.com/catalogs/guitar s.htm NOTE: THERE SEEMS TO BE A 0-18K MODEL TOO. PRICES: BETWEEN $2,200.- (could benefit from neck reset and additional work) and $3,200.- This seller on eBay asks $8,000.- Ebay Item #260133640087 And wow, a beautiful German article about this guitar: http://www.antique-acoustics.de/vintage-reviews/ma rtin-028.htm So what we actually should figure out, is if it's an 0-18K or an 0-28K, because there is some price difference. But take a look at these 0-28K models first. BTW, hard to imagine that these hula-girls would be about 135 years old today. I see a pair of very athletic soccer legs I'd love to see on the field today, but I fear they will be not so well-preserved as the Martins. Anyway, I look for some 0-18K pics after this post. Ginger   Chucke99 Username: Chucke99 Registered: 2-2007 Posted on Tuesday, July 03, 2007 - 1:27 pm:    It will be interesting to see how high this thing goes on Shopgoodwill.com. I've got an equity line of credit coming in a week, I just might take a stab at this if I can flip it. I know, "resell for profit", but I gotta support my Ibanez jones somehow. Shopgoodwill.com has been crazy lately. Just last week there was a 1974 Gibson Explorer up there. It went for just about $1,000. Who in their right mind drops these kinds of guitars off at the local Goodwill?   Chucke99 Username: Chucke99 Registered: 2-2007 Posted on Tuesday, July 03, 2007 - 3:33 pm:    Goodwill has answered my question about the serial number. It is 34606, right where it should be (inside the guitar, at the base of the neck). That puts its manufacture as early in 1927   Gemberbier Username: Gemberbier Registered: 5-2006 Posted on Tuesday, July 03, 2007 - 3:45 pm:    Described: There is a HOLE in the TOP just above the bridge! There are no strings on the guitar, so you can't see houw the neck behaves when under tension. Missing 4 string pins and one strap pin. It has several scratches and nicks. If it is totally repaired/restored, the value lies between $2,200.- and $4,500.- (depends on how bad the damage is). A lot depends on the cost of the luthier's work. It's an interesting guitar for a qualified luthier. Ginger   Gemberbier Username: Gemberbier Registered: 5-2006 Posted on Wednesday, July 04, 2007 - 8:39 am:    Current bid $1112.11 Is that you Chuck? Five days to go... "Who in their right mind drops these kinds of guitars off at the local Goodwill?" - I guess mostly relatives of someone who died without wife and kids, and just want to get rid of the stuff. If you leave no instructions for your relatives, what they should do with your collection when you're on the eternal guitar hunting fields, your instruments might end up at Goodwill's, because many people haven't got a clue of the value. To them it is just old stuff to get rid of. Mostly there more interested in real estate and the bank accounts. Ginger   Chucke99 Username: Chucke99 Registered: 2-2007 Posted on Wednesday, July 04, 2007 - 2:59 pm:    No, it's not me, Ginger. I put in a $600 bid early on, but just for grins. At this point it's just a fascination to me. Now, if the equity line of credit comes in...   Chucke99 Username: Chucke99 Registered: 2-2007 Posted on Thursday, July 05, 2007 - 2:55 pm:    Got some higher-res pictures from the Goodwill folks. There is definitely a hole at the base of the bridge, and the nut is missing. Bids are over $1,800 now, though. It's approaching the break-even point if you wanted to repair it and resell it. I'll try to resize and post some of the pictures a little later today.   Chucke99 Username: Chucke99 Registered: 2-2007 Posted on Thursday, July 05, 2007 - 5:51 pm:      Chucke99 Username: Chucke99 Registered: 2-2007 Posted on Thursday, July 05, 2007 - 9:51 pm:    To $3,901.00 right now. Wow.   Gemberbier Username: Gemberbier Registered: 5-2006 Posted on Friday, July 06, 2007 - 6:19 am:    Yikes, they put a SCREW in the bridge! So, it problably came off and damaged part of the top. Now, what the buyer should do, is take the whole bridge off with a little steam and a rasor blade, make a liquid wood from KOA sawdust and Titebond and perhaps make a nice big KOA splinter that fits in. The screwhole in the bridge should be filled with liquid ebony (sawdust and Titebond). Now, these guitars were originally made for Hawaiian style, with high bridge and nut saddles, to play SLIDE, probably on the LAP. Because this was NOT a square neck, you could convert it to normal style, with lower nut an bridge saddles. So what you could do, is make 4 saddles of bone: 1 set for SLIDE and 1 set for normal style. I would like to see the neck joint. But with 4 days to go, this one could end even higher than it already is. I expect that it will end in the vault of some Japanese collector. Ginger   Chucke99 Username: Chucke99 Registered: 2-2007 Posted on Saturday, July 07, 2007 - 4:14 pm:    $5,401.00, 46 hours to go.   Chucke99 Username: Chucke99 Registered: 2-2007 Posted on Monday, July 09, 2007 - 3:05 pm:    Final price: $5,501.00. A round of applause for ShopGoodwill.com!

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