The Guitar Auction - Day Three - Antique & Classical Guitars

The Madame Sidney Pratten collection of guitars and related ephemera, including seven antique guitars, a Gigelira, personal sheet music with hand ...

19th century guitar labelled 'model of guitar/as used by/Mme Sidney Pratten/London 1877' hand inscribed in black ink; Back and Sides: birds eye ma...

19th century guitar labelled 'J.C.Mencke/Maker 39 Gt East Street/Brighton Sussex/Aug 19th 1830'; Back and sides: figured maple; Top: fine grain sp...

Interesting French guitar, circa 1840, labelled 'D & A Roudhloff/(from Paris)/Manufacturers of Guitars/No 8 Charlotte Street Fitzroy Square/London...

Spanish guitar Batante of exceptionally lightweight construction, circa 1800; Back and Sides: multi-band cypress bowl back; Top: fine grain spruce...

Rare 19th century English guitar by Thomas Howell, branded '(crown)/patent/T.Howell/inventor/Bristol', also bearing two Howell labels to the inner...

French or Spanish twelve string guitar, circa 1800; Back and sides: mahogany; Top: fine grain spruce with multi-string banding; Neck: ebonised; Fr...

Early 20th century German tenor guitar, with foliate and multi-band inlay to the top, within an ebonised case with green felt interior.

19th century guitar in need of restoration, bearing a label inscribed 'Lacote, Luthier, Paris, Annee 1867; Back and sides: satinwood, large crack ...

Austrian Wappen type guitar, circa 1900 (restorations to table and back)

Chitariglia attributed to Giovanni Smit in Milan, circa 1645; Back and sides: multi-section ribbed bowl back; Top: fine grain spruce with foliate ...

Antique guitar; Back and sides: figured satinwood, cracks to the treble shoulder; Top: fine grain natural spruce, missing part of the carved bridg...

Interesting Portuguese guitar, labelled 'Estabelecimento...A.M. Rose, San Leandro, California'; Back and sides: mahogany, repaired cracks througho...

19th century guitar labelled Chappell...London, possibly by John Gerrard; Back and sides: birds eye maple, a few minor imperfections; Top: natural...

Interesting 19th century guitar; Back and sides: Brazilian rosewood, cleated repairs to back, a few hairline cracks to the sides; Top: fine grain ...

Early 20th century luthier built Lacote type guitar

19th century small bodied guitar; Back and sides: maple, long repaired crack to the back, refinished; Top: spruce, repaired cracks, sinking around...

Interesting 19th century guitar in need of restoration, probably French; Back and sides: Brazilian rosewood, large open crack and further cracks t...

Interesting 19th century guitar with some restoration; Back and sides: maple, visible re-gluing between back and sides; Top: fine grain spruce, si...

Classical guitar by and labelled Brian Philip Brealey, Nottingham, guitar no 1 1996; Back and sides: Indian rosewood, minor marks; Top: spruce; Ne...

1976 Alastair McNeill guitar; Back and sides: Indian rosewood, minor scratches; Top: natural spruce, minor checking; Neck: mahogany; Fretboard: eb...

1991 Christopher Dean classical guitar; Back and sides: Indian rosewood; Top: natural, refinished; Neck: mahogany; Fretboard: ebony; Frets: good; ...

1993 Alan J Booth nylon string guitar; Back and sides: rosewood; Top: natural spruce; Neck: mahogany; Fretboard: ebony; Case: compressed foam hard...

1998 José Ramirez R2 classical guitar, made in Spain; Back and sides: rosewood, light surface scratches to the back; Top: cedar; Neck: good; Fretb...

2007 Farida C-52 classical guitar; Back and sides: mahogany; Top: natural; Neck: mahogany; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: good; Case: original hard c...

1986 Manuel Rodriguez Jr. guitar, made in Spain, no. 25; Back and sides: Brazilian rosewood, hairline crack to upper bout close to the central str...

1974 José Ramirez Clase 1A Flamenco guitar, made in Madrid, Spain; Back and sides: cypress; Top: cedar, minor dings, lifting to the golpeador; Fre...

1992 Michael Gee concert guitar, made in England, ser. no. 2x7; Back and sides: Indian rosewood, minor scratches and marks; Top: cedar, general pl...

1972 R.E. Spain for Ivor Mairants classical guitar; Back and sides: rosewood; Top: cedar, blemish to top which has been touched-up and refinished,...

1957 Hofner Master Model 497 classical guitar, made in Germany; Back and sides: rosewood; Top: spruce, minor dings; Neck: mahogany; Fretboard: ebo...

1950s Hofner Vienna guitar in need of restoration (missing frets), soft case

1970s Yamaha G-85A classical guitar; Back and sides: mahogany, scrapes and dings; Top: natural, dings and play wear; Neck: good; Fretboard: rosewo...

Late 1970s Mervi Rafael Molina classical guitar, made in Spain; Back and sides: rosewood, minor dings; Top: natural spruce; Fretboard: rosewood; F...

Mervi Rafael Molina classical guitar, hard case; together with a restored classical guitar fitted with light gauge steel strings, with highly figu...

Martinez MC-48C SEN classical guitar

Admira F4 classical guitar, upgraded with Gotoh machine heads ...[more]

Kimbara 25/Z classical guitar, within a Hiscox hard case; together with a BM Espana classical guitar, hard case (2)

Landola C-200C nylon string guitar; together with a Giannini classical guitar and a Marina classical guitar (3)

Raimundo Model 106 classical guitar, soft bag; together with an Alhambra classical guitar, hard case and a Tatra classic guitar, semi-rigid case (...

Interesting old Spanish made nylon string guitar in need of further restoration; together with a Kiso Suzuki 9504 classical guitar and a restored ...

Four nylon string guitars, to include a BM Hertz, a Hokada CG600, a Miguel Angel and another labelled El Bazar (4) ...[more]

Restored Vicente Sanchis nylon string guitar; together with three further nylon string guitars to include a Musima, a BM Menina and one other (4)

Raimundo Model 106 classical guitar, hard case; together with an Alhambra nylon string guitar in need of some restoration, a Tatra Classic and a L...

Raimundo Model 106 classical guitar, soft bag; together with a Giannini nylon string guitar (2)

Kimbara 175 classical guitar, soft bag; together with a Landola F-6 acoustic guitar, an Encore ENC36N nylon string guitar and an old eastern Europ...

Yamaha CG-150SA nylon string guitar, hard case

Besson Aristone G110A nylon string guitar, soft bag; together with a Vittoro nylon string guitar, semi-rigid case and a Landola acoustic guitar, h...

Terada Model 600 classical guitar, made in Japan, soft bag

Cordoba Fusion Series 12 Maple electro-classical guitar; Back and sides: natural maple; Top: natural spruce; Neck: good; Fretboard: ebony; Frets: ...

Four guitars to include a Russian nylon string, a WM steel string and two others, all in various states of repair (4)

1994 Ricardo Sanchis Carpio Model 2A classical guitar, made in Spain; Back and sides: rosewood, surface scratches; Top: natural, minor scrapes; Ne...