Ukulele

I am interested in the ukulele. It is gorgeous. If you could email me at [email protected] I'd love to talk about it.

MARTIN STYLE 3-M SOPRANO UKULELE (1930's)

 mahogany construction, 17-fret ebony fingerboard, pearl slotted diamond inlays and ivoroid-b-i-b-i purfling down center of fingerboard, 1-7/16" nut width, ~13-5/8" scale, mahogany bridge with bone saddle, ivoroid-bound body with 6-ply top purfling, four mechanical friction tuners with ivoroid buttons, ivoroid "pendaloque" inlay at end of top, "C.F. MARTIN & CO. / NAZARETH, PA." hot stamp inside back, on consignment, with period black SSC   Ok this is what I think you have 99.9% sure. because of the type of nut used on adjustment knobs..  Is the any tags or stamp from inside??  

 Price for these verys so much. with the wrong markings and or tags. everything makes the diff.. $1000.00 to $4000.00 that's a big jump without knowing everything..is there  anything inside? 

the ones worth $4000.00 you will see the logo stamped into the wood. not a sticker..

Hi,

Can you please post a picture of the label/printed text inside the sound hole? I need to see that in order to confirm if it's an original/authentic Martin.

- Joseph

 ukuleles (introduced in 1915),

Ukuleles didn't have serial numbers,   One good way of dating old Martin ukuleles is the headstock. First, they stamped the logo on the back of the peghead (from circa 1895). Then they started putting decals on the front of the headstock in 1930. Until 1932, they continued to stamp the back of the headstock with CF Martin & Co. So if you don't have a decal, it's pre-1930, if you have both decal and stamp, it was built between 1930 and 1932. They also used bar frets until 1934 (and probably on some ukes a few more years) after which they used "T" frets."