adorshki
Reverential Member
New international CITES regulations started Jan. 1st 2018.
Krysh I think you meant 2017, unless I'm missing something, but still the issue for that '73 Martin would be that it was almost certainly "pre-CITES" for any of the woods in it, and if there was no paperwork, it "slipped through" or was simply "allowed" because it just looked old enough and single instruments aren't truly "targeted".
Brazilian and some other species were still in Appendix II prior to the 2016 listing of all remaining rosewoods. (which became effective in Jan. 2017)