1870s Martin 2 1/2-18 Vintage Fan-Braced Acoustic Guitar, Adirondack Spruce & Brazilian Rosewood w/ Case

Available from Guitar Bar when we last checked. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

Up for sale, a circa 1870s Martin 2 1/2-18 in excellent condition, complete the original “coffin” case. This early Gilded Age Martin was crafted in the years following the Civil War: it’s famously difficult to pinpoint exact years of production on pre-1898 Martin instruments, but features like fan bracing and the dual “C .F. Martin & Co. New York” stamps (body and neck block) indicate that this particular piece of history probably dates to sometime between 1869-1880, as verified by the Martin co