Description:
Spanish Flamenco Guitar, Arcángel Fernández, Madrid, 1961, no. 157, bearing the maker's signed label and stamps, the back and sides cypress, the top spruce, with hardshell case.
Estimate $4,000-6,000
Symmetrical cracks in top and back originating at either side of the lower block, one top crack splinted, one back crack cleated. Signed and stamped on the label, stamped on both the neck and lower blocks, and inscribed on the soundboard 157.
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