Martin & CO 00-18 137771

by Marilyn Blue
(Fresno CA US)

My father remembers playing this guitar in the 1950's I got this number within the guitar except for a few pic scuffs there are no cracks and it plays and sounds beautifully the value would be nice to know for insurance purposes and also the year it was made thank you very much.

ANSWER

Hi, Marilyn--

The serial number indicates a 1952 manufacture date.

Here is the Blue Book general info:

00-18
- Grand Concert body style, spruce top, Brazilian rosewood (1898-1917) or mahogany (1917-1993) back and sides, round soundhole with various rosettes (colored wood rope rosette between 1898 and 1902, white line rosette grouped 1/9/1 between 1902 and the mid-1930s, inlaid white lines grouped 1/9/1 between the mid-1930s and 1988, and inlaid 5/9/5 grouping between 1988 and 1993), five-ply top binding, single-ply back binding with rosewood (1898-1932), black (1932-36, 1966-1993), or tortoise (1936-1966) outer layer, black backstripe, cedar (1898-1916) or mahogany (1916-1993) neck, 12/19-fret (1898-1934) or 14/20-fret (1934-1993) unbound ebony (1898-1939) or rosewood (1935-1993) fingerboard with no inlays (1898-1902) or pearl dot inlays (1902-1993), slotted (1898-1934) or solid (1934-1993) headstock, three-per-side open-style tuners (1898-1934) or regular tuners (1934-1993), rectangular (1898-1929) or belly (1929-993) ebony bridge, no pickguard (1898-1932) tortoise pickguard (1932-1966), or black pickguard (1966-1993), Natural finish, 24.9 in. scale, available as a Special Order, mfg. 1898-1993.

The pricing info:

1947-1959
Excellent $3,000 - 3,500
Average $1,900 - 2,200

Lynne

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