Auction: Musical Instruments - 2253Location: BostonDate / Time: October 17, 2004 12:00PM
Description:
American Mandola, Gibson Mandolin -Guitar Company, Kalamazoo, 1923, Model H-1 labeled GIBSON MANDOLA STYLE H-1, NUMBER 80938 IS HEREBY GUARANTEED... etc., the bound two-piece plain back, the plain sides, the cedar neck,the veneered peghead with THE GIBSON pearl inlay, the bound ebony fingerboard with pearl dot inlay, the bound spruce top of medium-to-wide-grain, the varnish of a black color, length of back 15 in., with case.
Provenance: The Collection of Dennis E. Hartnett.
Estimate $1,500-1,800