A ROY ROGERS STYLE OM-45B, NAZARETH, PA., 2005

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C.F. MARTIN AND COMPANY
A ROY ROGERS STYLE OM-45B, NAZARETH, PA., 2005
The fingerboard inlaid Roy Rogers, the reverse of the headstock stamped C.F. MARTIN & CO. NAZARETH, PA., labeled C.F. Martin & Co. OM-45B Roy Rogers commemorative Edition Roy Rogers C.F. Martin IV Prototype #1 of 4 the Martin Company Nazareth, Pennsylvania USA, bearing the serial number 1089669, length of back 19 3/8 in (493 mm) with case (2)

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Lot Essay

In 1930 the OM-45 Deluxe sold for $180 and was the most expensive flat-top guitar made by C.F. Martin & Company. Only fifteen of these highly ornamental guitars were constructed at the time. The very first example ever made was purchased, second-hand from a California pawnshop in 1932 for the rumored sum of $30.00 by the founding member of the cowboy band Sons of the Pioneers, Leonard Franklin Slye (Roy Rogers).

The model was re-introduced by C.F. Martin in 2006 as the OM-45B Roy Rogers. Production was then limited to 4 prototypes and an edition of l4 guitars. In true Roy Rogers tradition this was the very first example Martin produced.

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