Back in 1980, $1000 can buy you a Hmong bride but my uncle chose to buy a D-28

[theking]

..He paid $1,000 for a 65 D-28 and folks thought he was crazy at that time, and told him, he should of use that money for a Hmong bride or a car instead.

Fast forward to today: He just sold his D-28 for $20,000.

Unlike a bride or a car, it never gave him any problem, just soothing sounds and enjoyment in the last 43 years. He's approaching 70 now and play less and less now due to age so he's passing his pride and joy to others so they can enjoy the soothing sounds of that D-28 too..

These sellers are trying to do the same with their D-28:

[Cali Guy]

Good stuff! Martin guitars are nice!

1k in 1980 was a lot of cash. Can probably rent an average home for almost a year.

[theking]

Yep. I remembered our family's rent was about $200/month back at that time..

[theking]

My uncle say they don't make guitars like his anymore. Not because they can't but because the wood used is very hard to come by ...:

"Supplies grew extremely thin in the late 1960s, however, and Martin and others stopped using Brazilian rosewood in 1969, moving over to Indian rosewood, then other varieties. In 1992, Brazilian rosewood was added to the CITES treaty, strictly banning its exportation.

[Cali Guy]

That’s too bad. Most companies outsource it to other countries to take advantage of cheap labor. Taylor, Martin, Fender have factories in Mexico.

[theking]

Unfortunate human greed and selfishness know no bound in many cases...

[theking]

Folks can still buy new ones for about $3k but just not the same as the classic ones anymore due to shortage of materials used for the guitars back in the 50s and 60s eras..:

https://www.guitarcenter.com/Martin/D-28-Standard-Dreadnought-Acoustic-Guitar-Natural-1500000141713.gc?cntry=us&source=4WWRWXGP&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIibTAi4mh_gIVoB2tBh3noQhsEAQYASABEgIzePD_BwE