$1,250
Regal Dobro Model 27 c 1937 | $1250 | (v2334) In 1928 John and Rudy Dopyera left their brothers and the National Company in California to form the Dobro Corporation. These two patented and marketed a 'spider' type...
$775
Sears Harmony 1227 12-String 1969 | $775 | (v2601) "Be your own accompanist.. 12-string Guitar gives the sound of 2 guitars at once.." ..touts a late 1960s Sears catalog page. In 1916 Sears, Roebuck and Co. bought the...
$3,975
C.F. Martin 0-15 1952 | $3975 | (v2540) The Martin 0-15 was the budget model amongst Martins budget models! But, built to the same high Martin standards as the higher grade instruments with the same quality materials....
$6,450
Gibson J45 1954 | $6450 | (v2538) In 1942 the torch was passed from the J35 to the J45 as the workingman's dreadnaught 'jumbo' flattop. It was very similar to the J35, but for some bracing changes, neck profile, and the...
$1,275
Oscar Schmidt First Hawaiian Conservatory of Music c 1928 | $1275 | (v2519) As we reported in a number of previous listings for these guitars, the First Hawaiian Conservatory of Music was a mail order study course with...
$1,895
Harmony Supertone The Yale c 1918 | $1895 | (v2516) The reach of Sears & Roebuck into American households c 1900 was wide and deep. Their catalog was the eBay of the day. In the first two decades of the twentieth...
$625
Oscar Schmidt UAC Hawaiian c 1935 | $600 | (v2315) The Hawaiian music craze in America had wide-ranging ripple effects in the first part of the 20th century, and this Schmidt-made guitar is a direct result of that...
$925
Harmony Silvertone 12 String c 1967 | $925 | (v2521) Silvertone was a Sears & Roebuck brand since the early 20th century selling music-related items. In the 1940s, through its extensive catalog reach, the company began...
$2,450
Galiano by A. Cerrito c 1930 | $2450 | (v2422) This guitar is a pretty rare example of a jumbo or auditorium-size flat top made in NYC in the first part of the 20th century by Italian luthier Antonio Cerrito. We date it...
$750
Cincinnatus 3/4 Size "Terz" Guitar c 1905 | $750 | (v2031) We believe that this guitar bearing the graphic Cincinnatus label is from the Lyon & Healy factory in Chicago, and manufactured in the first decade of the...
$775
John Church Imperial Parlor Guitar c 1900 | $775 | (v2506) It appears that the John Church Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, was an offshoot of the many companies of Oliver Ditson, who appears to have made similar arrangements to...
$1,950
Harwood Standard Size 1 3/4 c 1910 | $1950 | (v2336) Harwood instruments were manufactured and marketed by the J.W. Jenkens Sons Music Company in Kansas City, MO. The Harwood name comes from the town in Illinois where...