Depends on your perspective Bert.
I suppose the short answer is no.
The longer answer is "vintage market and investment". The return to an investor on pristine vintage Martins (talking those made before the fall of 1944) is better than if you'd taken that same 25-50K and put it in real estate, bonds, GIC's, mutual funds, stock market and other main stream investments for say 5 years, and then compared the returns. Obviously the longer you've owned the said vintage instrument, the cheaper it was acquired for, and the higher the return. But make no mistake, there is a definite niche market of collectors, investors and dealers who will continue to drive the prices skyward of these increasingly rare instruments.