$84,600
American Mandolin, Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Company, Kalamazoo, 1924, Model F-5 labeled PATENTED MAR 30 1906-, SEPT 20 1920-JAN 18 1921, THE GIBSON MASTER MODEL, STYLE F5 NUMBER 76781, IS HEREBY GUARANTEED... etc., GIBSON MANDOLIN-GUITAR COMPANY, KALAMAZOO MICH USA and VIRZI TONE NO 10104, MARCA, US AND FOREIGN PATS, NEW YORK and THE TOP BACK TONE BARS, AND AIR CHAMBERS OF THIS INSTRUMENT WERE, TESTED TUNED AND THE ASSEMBLED INSTRUMENT TRIED AND, APPROVED MARCH 31 1924, and signed in ink LLOYD LOAR, the bound one-piece back of medium curl, the sides similar, the bound top of fine to 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 13 7/16 in., with original rectangular case and original hang tag reading GIBSON, THE MUSIC PAL OF THE NATION.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2002-05-05
