14 Guitars from 1880-1983
Offered at $147,000
$193,500 if purchased individually
The Collection’s guitars are assigned to one of three tiers. Tier 1 guitars are most collectable, Tier 2 guitars are less so than Tier 1, and Tier 3 guitars less so than Tier 2 instruments. Collections are often “top-heavy” with fine Tier I guitars because of the great pride of ownership they immediately provide.
The Tier 3 Classical Collection Builder Specialty Group provides an easy and very economical path to add interest, depth, value, and more music to collections. The guitars in the Tier 2 and Tier 3 Classical Collection Builder Specialty Groups are solid choices. Limited substitutions and/or additions are allowed to “fine-tune” and to avoid duplications. Their very special pricing during this sale should be motivation enough, but please remember that even Tier 2 and 3 guitars are scarce. These offerings are, likely, the best prices ever for anything like these splendid and highly collectable groups.
TIER 3 CLASSICAL SPECIALTY GROUP
| Brune Appraisals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item | Maker | Date | 2016 | 2021 | Individual Price |
| 55 | Soto y Solares | 1880 | 25,000 | 30,000 | 18,000 |
| Probable teacher of Torres. | |||||
| 75 | A. Marin | 1900 | 12,000 | 15,000 | 12,000 |
| Founder of Valencia school. | |||||
| 71 | E. Sanfeliu | 1925 | 15,000 | 15,000 | 15,000 |
| Old Master. | |||||
| 65 | J. Galan | 1931 | 18,000 | 20,000 | 14,000 |
| A founder of Buenos Aires school. | |||||
| 63 | R. Galan | 1936 | 15,000 | 15,000 | 15,000 |
| A founder of Buenos Aires school. | |||||
| 68 | M. Lopez | 1954 | 15,000 | 18,000 | 14,000 |
| Old Master | |||||
| 74 | M. Kono | 1963 | 8,000 | 9,000 | 10,500 |
| Took Spanish methods to Japan. | |||||
| 53 | M. Barbero Jr. | 1967 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 20,000 |
| Old Master, as was his father. | |||||
| 39 | M. de la Chica | 1968 | 8,000 | 12,000 | 12,000 |
| Built any guitar family instrument. | |||||
| 52 | J. Belazar | 1972 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 22,500 |
| Journeyman for HyA shop. | |||||
| 41 | M. Contreras | 1973 | 6,500 | 6,500 | 6,000 |
| Old Master, built cheap for professionals. | |||||
| 72 | O. Raponi | 1974 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 13,000 |
| Important Italian guitar maker. | |||||
| 73 | M. Fleeson | 1981 | 10,000 | 12,000 | 11,500 |
| Williams dubbed Fool on the Hill on one. | |||||
| 69 | R. Holroyd | 1983 | 9,000 | 9,000 | 10,000 |
| Innovative Canadian maker. | |||||
| Totals | 201,500 | 218,500 | 193,500 | ||
| Offered At | $147,000 | ||||