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Bill, good news and bad news. I woke to find real live tracking- the parcel had been unearthed and it was due to be delivered this morning- which it was. The mandolin is very interesting and quite a...

Mick, here is the Beare & Son, Toronto catalogue from 1936/37. You can see that old cat and his fiddle is prominent and he is still the company's mascot. I saw a late 30s Harmony guitar with that...

Bill, the Michigan brand sales started in the early 30s- I have one- a Harmony Valencia date-stamped 1934. During that decade they imported Gibson guitars- many being the Cromwell brand but the...

Bill, I had reckoned that your mandolin would escape the gravitational pull of the Coventry/Parcel Force/Border Farce Hub- and it is now in Portugal. Good luck with your local bureaucracy! It looks...

My mandolin was headed for Parcelforce, Coventry and this is the only tracking:

"Parcelforce Worldwide have collected your parcel and it will start its journey to our delivery depot". And this...

Just so you know, Bill, the carrier- Parcelforce has lost the package- no tracking since it was collected. This means it may have been stolen or some other mishap as I do not think it got from the...

His playing had the "feel" all right and although he was overshadowed by Duane Allman in many people's opinion, I really felt he had his own groove and when fully together he was one of the greatest...

This was a dozen years later but conjures up evocative imagery.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBWbw3KTU0g

Richard, that's heartening news. Let's hope the mandolin can be brought back to life!

Bill I will certainly let you know how I get on. I bought a similar case not so long ago for very little and repaired the handle with a modern leather strap I bought off eBay. It has worked out well...

Well, it sold for £59 and I finally remembered where I had seen a similar mandolin- with the f hole on the side:...

Well, for better or worse, I have bought this old girl. There were no other bidders and the seller assured me that the neck joint is solid, so what can be seen at the heel may well be cosmetic. Let's...

Mick, you have won the prize for the cryptic label challenge!

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"One of the pics shows the side view of the neck, and I wonder if the action is a bit high or not."

It's frustrating that this is the only photo that shows the strings in relation to the...

Italian I would imagine from the early 20th century.

Edit: I now see Richard500 has already made the same suggestion.

This is quite a nice and not over glitzy mandolin which shows many similarities to the Washburn 220 of the early years of the 20th century and is of a good quality all round- recessed tuners behind...

The Batwing is a Korean made Harmony mandolin. I like the "unbranded" headlined mandolin with a dirty great big K on the pickguard! I would imagine the Beltone is from United. There's another...

" Not sure how I managed to post it twice, an error on my part."

I think if you make a post then look at one of your photos, when you return, your original text is in the posting box. It is...

I mentioned what you have quoted as the mandolin's owner had written this:

"So you think it's more possible that it was made after WWII?"

I wanted him to realise your comment was not about his...

I do not expect the OP to return- and it is a shame that no photos of the mandolin were posted as there are none online but there is a banjo and banjo mandolin posted- not even showing the whole...

Here's one on eBay in the UK. It is interesting but has issues, I am afraid. It has some quirky aspects, for sure. The case is circa 1900. The auction is below but I have not been able to post photos...

I don't think the comment mentioning Catania after WW2 becoming a major production centre for mandolins is suggesting your mandolin was made after the war. I would maintain early 1900s for the...

I would think the separate headstock and the tuners suggest this mandolin is from the 1920s.

The case is worth at least $400- possibly more as it is in great condition- it just needs a handle which can be bought-. There are old wrecked cases but the handle has survived okay and they are sold...

Here is one which appears to be the same model in terms of its detail. There is a valuation but annoyingly, there is no exact mention of the date but the valuation suggests it is over 100 years old...