1952 Martin 00-17

by Samuel Hunter
(Salt Lake City, Utah)

Serial # 00-17 123699. I was wondering what the value of this guitar is, it is Mahogony & is in excellent condition the bridge has a small crack in it, and the are a few little scratches nothing major. Everything is original. I did make a donation the transaction # 8XX674694U700773J. Just incase there are any problems. Thank you cant wait to hear from you.

ANSWER

Hi, Samuel--

Here is the general info:

00-17 SECOND VERSION
- Grand Concert body style, mahogany top, back, and sides, round soundhole with three thin W/B/W rings, no binding, thin black back stripe, mahogany neck, 12/19-fret (1930-34) or 14/20-fret (1934-1960, 1982-88) rosewood fingerboard with pearl dot inlays, slotted headstock (1930-34) or solid headstock (1934-1960, 1982-88), three-per-side open-style tuners (1930-34) or regular tuners (1934-1960, 1982-88), rectangular rosewood bridge, no pickguard (1930-34), tortoise pickguard (1932-1960), or black pickguard (1982-88), available in Natural finish, total production of 13,407 instruments, mfg. 1930-1960, 1982-88.

The pricing info:

1946-1960
Excellent $1,600 - 2,000
Average $1,100 - 1,350

Lynne