Silvertone

by Ben
(Ambler,PA USA)

Can you find the value of this Guitar?
I bought it at a yard sale and the man I bought it from said it was passed through his family and it is over 100 years old. I am not sure of the of the model. there are no stickers inside the sound hole at all and I think thats where the model of it would be.

ANSWER

Hi, Ben

The Blue Book does not list Silvertone Models Separately. Here is the general info:

" Silvertone produced guitars from the 1940s through the 1970s. This trademark has been identified as a House Brand owned and used by Sears and Roebuck between 1941 to 1970. There was no company or factory; Sears owned the name and applied it to various products from such manufacturers as Harmony, Valco, Danelectro, and Kay. Sears and Roebuck acquired Harmony in 1916 to control its respectable ukulele production. Harmony generally sold around 40 percent of its guitar production to Sears."

Unfortunately the acoustic Silvertones (unlike the electrics) are not at present in demand by collectors and do not bring high prices. Most of these guitars sell for around $85-100.

Lynne