Item 54 Price: $20,000 Appraised Value 2016: $20,000Appraised Value 2021: $25,000 The soundboard is made of matched halves of red cedar with grain spacing of 40 per inch near the center to 18 per inch at the edges. The rosette has a theme band of opposing black scroll brackets coupled together with chains of three […]
Paulino Bernabé Sr., Flamenco – 1971 Read More »
Item 53 Price: $20,000 Appraised Value 2016: $25,000Appraised Value 2021: $25,000 The soundboard is made of matched halves of quartersawn spruce whose grain spacing varies from 28 per inch to 16 per inch. The grain pattern is straight with much medullary grain showing through. The rosette has a pattern band of red eagles with spread
Marcelo Barbero Jr. – 1967 Read More »
Item 52 Price: $22,500 Appraised Value 2016: $25,000Appraised Value 2021: $25,000 The soundboard is made of matched halves of red cedar of uniform grain with very fine spacing of 40 per inch. The slanting harmonic bar from the soundhole to the lower treble bout adds stiffness to the treble side of the soundboard to control
Jesús Belezar – 1972 Read More »
Item 51 Price: $24,000 Appraised Value 2016: $30,000Appraised Value 2021: $35,000 This is an economical tablao-style guitar, but it shows workmanship of higher quality and is in better condition than expected for this type and age of guitar. The domed soundboard, typical of this style, is made of three pieces of clear unmatched spruce. The
Hijo Francisco González – 1893 Read More »
Item 50 Price: $22,000 Appraised Value 2016: $25,000Appraised Value 2021: $30,000 SOLD This guitar’s rosette has a central band of a sine wave with stars design. The bridge is of rosewood with its tie-block edges protected by rust-colored bone strips. The purflings are strips of brown and iconic Hauser pale green, which complement the cedar-colored
Hermann Hauser III – 1991 Read More »
Item 49 Price: $25,000 Appraised Value 2016: $30,000Appraised Value 2021: $30,000 The soundboard is made of matched halves of very close- and straight-grained spruce with unusual grain spacing of 48 per inch near the center and edges, to 20 per inch midway between. The rosette has a central design band of mosaic diamonds set in
Marcelo Barbero Jr., Flamenco – 1967 Read More »
Item 48 Price: $27,500 Appraised Value 2016: $30,000Appraised Value 2021: $35,000 The soundboard is made of three pieces of wavy-grained spruce. One soundboard seam is 5 inches from the edge of the bass bout and the other seam is 4 inches from the edge of the treble bout. These seams are reinforced with small chamfered
Julián Gómez Ramírez – 1917 Read More »
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
