Item 47 Price: $27,500 Appraised Value 2016: $40,000Appraised Value 2021: $50,000 The top is made from matched halves of straight-grained spruce with grain spacing of 24 per inch near the center to 16 per inch at the edges. The rosette has a central band of diamonds with bracket spacers. The bridge is rosewood with its […]
Manuel Reyes Sr., Flamenco – 1988 Read More »
Item 46 Price: $28,000 Appraised Value 2016: $35,000Appraised Value 2021: $40,000 This Borreguero is an example of a mid-priced guitar. It has been restored, not because it is a great musical guitar, but because of its rarity and historical significance. The result is a structurally sound, nice-looking guitar, with a pleasant, dark, old Spanish tone
Modesto Borreguero – 1926 Read More »
Item 45 Price: $25,000 Appraised Value 2016: $50,000Appraised Value 2021: $30,000 Recently acquired, more information coming soon. Guitar Dimension Key
Item 44 Price: $30,000 Appraised Value 2016: $30,000Appraised Value 2021: $30,000 SOLD This 1960 instrument preceded the universally accepted Ramirez 1A model. It is of lighter construction, has a spruce top, asymmetrical bracing, restrained rosette design and French polish of shellac finish, resulting in a guitar with a delicate aesthetic and romantic traditional sound. A
José Ramírez III – 1960 Read More »
Item 43 Price: $36,000 Appraised Value 2016: $40,000Appraised Value 2021: $50,000 SOLD The soundboard is made from halves of fine straight-grained spruce with a uniform grain spacing of 24 per inch. The rosette has a main band of mosaic diamonds and dots in an “X” pattern. This central design band has borders of circles and
Vda. de Marcelo Barbero, Flamenco – 1957
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Item 42 Price: $32,500 Appraised Value 2016: $45,000Appraised Value 2021: $45,000 The soundboard is made from two matched pieces of spruce of fair quality. The slightly wavy grain varies in spacing from 30 per inch at the center to 6 per inch at the edges of the lower bouts. The rosette has a central band
Modesto Borreguero, Flamenco – 1923 Read More »
Item 41 Price: $32,500 Appraised Value 2016: $20,000Appraised Value 2021: $40,000 SOLD This commissioned guitar was made by Jeffrey R. Elliott with the highest quality materials available. The two-piece soundboard is of book-matched European spruce with grain spacing of 28 per inch at the center seam to 16 per inch at the bouts. The quartersawn
Jeffrey R. Elliott – 2001 Read More »
Item 40 Price: $30,000 Appraised Value 2016: $45,000Appraised Value 2021: $50,000 SOLD This extraordinarily decorated guitar is made of select materials and is built with meticulous craftsmanship and painstaking attention to an artistic theme. The sheer quantity of work involved (over 70,000 decorative pieces) and the finest woods and hardware suggests that this was a
Luis Carzoglio – 1931 Read More »
Item 39 Price: $35,000 Appraised Value 2016: $35,000 Appraised Value 2021: $50,000 SOLD The attribution of this guitar, built under the family firm’s Miguel Rodríguez label, is Rafael Rodríguez (1921-1965), one of twin guitar making sons of the founder, Miguel Rodríguez Sr. (1888-1975). The soundboard is made from matched halves of clear, straight-grained spruce with nearly
Miguel Rodríguez, Flamenco – 1960 Read More »
Item 38 Price: $40,000 Appraised Value 2016: $40,000Appraised Value 2021: $40,000 This guitar is suitable for any concert guitarist, with a full sound with precise trebles. Volume is available on command. Color range and sustain are excellent, and the player can readily balance the full range of notes. Harmonics are beautiful. The soundboard is made
David Rubio – 1969 Read More »
