Harmony Catalina Archtop

[Tweedhead]

Just saw one of these on craigslist with an asking price of $200 dollars.
It has some sizable wood cracks repaired with an unknown adhesive.
It it half natural finish, half painted black.
I had never heard of these before so I'm assuming they're relatively rare.
Is there anything differentiating these from other archtop Harmony guitars?
What do you think of the asking price?
Thank you.

http://baltimore.craigslist.org/msg/2856407913.html

Here is a picture of another one; the ones included in the ad are of terrible quality.

[hotrodperlmutter]

oh holy boners. super rare.

i don't think they were as durable as they should have been. i saw an all black one with white pinstripes at a shop in stl, and it was beat to shit and they wanted $400. the neck was way too fucking big.

go play it, but i bet it's not worth $200.

[blane]

It's an old guitar... my first girlfriend had an old beat to crap harmony electric guitar I used to toy with when I'd visit her. It was no where near as comfortable as a modern guitar, the neck was bulky and the string were pretty high off the board... That thing looks like it has a classical guitar sized neck which might mean finger picking would be more suitable.. I probably wouldn't drop $200 sight unseen, but I'd consider it if I could play it.

[hotrodperlmutter]

i'm on my work pc now, and found some pics of a Harmony Monterey Colorama that i bid on eBay last year. this thing went for like $800. i bid $150 i think, but i love the colorways on some of these.