Re: Need help valuing mandolin.
Originally Posted by
lenf12
Back in the day, I played in the Providence Mandolin Orchestra and one of the members had (still has?) a blond Vega CB with F Holes. She is sitting front row center in this picture from 1999. It has birds eye maple back and sides and the tuner cover plate is engraved with Giuseppe Pettine model.
That looks like Yvette, who played with the Providence Mandolin Orchestra over a period of decades. But she passed on a few years back. That mandolin is indeed a gem, as I recall: loud, clear, easy to play, and very precise. Towards the end she donated that mandolin to the ensemble she was playing with: L'Esperance, conducted by Josh Bell. He's seated next to Yvette in the PMO photo in post #7, holding an F4.
As to valuation of the Bauer model: who knows? So far I don't see collectors stepping up with serious money, for high-quality, historically-significant, non-Gibson American mandolins. So I'd have to agree this should probably be priced like a high-end Vega cylinderback, also considering it's in rough condition and in need of a full restoration--both needed and well-deserved!
Last edited by August Watters; Oct-18-2021 at 11:29pm.
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