$32,900
American Mandola, Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Company, Kalamazoo, 1924, Model H-5, labeled PATENTED MAR 30 1906-, SEPT 20 1920-JAN 18 1921, THE GIBSON MASTER MODEL, STYLE H5 NUMBER 76494, IS HEREBY GUARANTEED... etc., GIBSON MANDOLIN-GUITAR COMPANY, KALAMAZOO MICH USA and THE TOP BACK TONE BARS, AND AIR CHAMBERS OF THIS INSTRUMENT WERE, TESTED TUNED AND THE ASSEMBLED INSTRUMENT TRIED AND, APPROVED MARCH 21 1924 and signed LLOYD LOAR, ACOUSTICAL ENGINEER, the bound quartersawn two-piece back of narrow curl, the slab-cut sides of irregular curl, the bound top of medium grain, the neck of medium curl, the bound peghead with THE GIBSON and fern pearl inlay, the bound ebony fingerboard with pearl dot inlay, length of back 14 3/4 in., with case. See color illustration on back inside cover.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2003-05-04
