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Post by Admin on Dec 18, 2013 12:15:21 GMT -5
From the 1941 wishbook
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Post by AlanB on Dec 18, 2013 12:30:28 GMT -5
Somewhere I have a 1970 facsimile of Sears Catalogue 110, Fall 1900. I'll unearth it and see what guitars and the prices being ask in 1900!
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Post by AlanB on Jan 23, 2014 3:53:40 GMT -5
Finally found the Sear Cat. Very difficult to keep flat but should give you an idea. Far more Banjos, Violins and Autoharps than guitars for sale. Pianos and ornate Pipe Organs a snip at $85 and S36 respectively. Attachments:1Searsgtr1900.pdf (245.46 KB)
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Post by Admin on Jan 23, 2014 8:12:36 GMT -5
Finally found the Sear Cat. Very difficult to keep flat but should give you an idea. Far more Banjos, Violins and Autoharps than guitars for sale. Pianos and ornate Pipe Organs a snip at $85 and S36 respectively. Thanks Alan. I see Sears had the trademark "Kenmore" in this catalog, but it was in association with a guitar?
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Post by geezer on Feb 28, 2014 20:44:27 GMT -5
Besides the Sears Silvertone brand of the 60's, didn't Sears also carry the Tiesco Del Ray line? I remember lusting after one but my sister convinced my parents that a Gibson was way a way better instrument so, for Christmas 1965, I got a Gibson SG Custom. I had no idea how lucky I was back then!
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Post by dadfad on Mar 1, 2014 7:51:19 GMT -5
In addition to some relative "cheapies," Sears actually sold some re-branded pretty high quality instruments back in the thirties (and later) made by companies like Gibson and National.
Bit of trivia (told to me by Bob Brozeman twenty-five or so years ago):
The brand-name "Silvertone" began being used after Sears began selling National-made nickle-plated steel resonator guitars which, being nickle-plated, were "silver-toned."
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Post by Admin on Mar 1, 2014 8:16:35 GMT -5
That's interesting trivia John. I made the comment about Silvertone, but you're right, in some circles that brand name does ring a bell for sound.
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