Martin Style 15 1934

[NickR]

I have not studied this closely but at a glance it looks okay. Judging by the condition of the case it may have been stashed away since that newspaper was stuffed inside it. The seller has not told us the date of this- we can see the 19- not the next two digits!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Mar...0136%7Ciid%3A1

[luthier88]

I have not studied this closely but at a glance it looks okay. Judging by the condition of the case it may have been stashed away since that newspaper was stuffed inside it. The seller has not told us the date of this- we can see the 19- not the next two digits!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Mar...0136%7Ciid%3A1

That's Leo and Kennard at Intermountain Guitar and Banjo.

[Peter K]

The seller does seem to provide a rather fair mandolin description. The original bridge was a solid piece of ebony (compensated), and not hard to re-craft.
However, there is no easy/cheap way to fix the sunken top fretboard section.

Reality check: last year I barely managed to sell my Martin 15 for $800 US locally after many months of listing it on 3 different market venues. My mandolin was in a significantly better fully restored condition, including the original bridge but with replica pickguard, original case, and perfectly set-up and playable from top to bottom of the fretboard. The interest in the mandolin was lukewarm to say the least. I had mostly various mandolin "flippers" trying to get it off me for something like $400-600.