Hutto mandolin

[Richard Watts]

Im thinking about. Selling my hutto F5 master model
But i cant find any information on what its value might be
I would like to get some thoughts on what would be a fair value
I would appreciate any discussion. I havent seen any of them for sale
Thank you
Richard
It is in pristine condition always in controlled humidity

[Charles E.]

There is one for sale in the Cafe classifieds at the moment......

https://www.mandolincafe.com/ads/176115#176115

NFI

[pheffernan]

There is one for sale in the Cafe classifieds at the moment......

https://www.mandolincafe.com/ads/176115#176115

NFI

And to be clear, it has been available for some time at that asking price.

[Richard Watts]

Thank you for taking time to give me information. Don’t know where else to turn to or who to ask
Since he didnt make many and they were already ask for when he made them i do know those
That had them ask very high prices but i guess thats to those that were in that circle and knew johnny hutto
As well as i did

[dscullin]

There is one for sale on reverb: https://reverb.com/item/27496007-usa...c-1970-s-brown

[G. Fisher]

There is one for sale on reverb: https://reverb.com/item/27496007-usa...c-1970-s-brown

That listing has ended long ago.

[FLATROCK HILL]

There is one for sale on reverb: https://reverb.com/item/27496007-usa...c-1970-s-brown

That listing has ended long ago.

Ended or not... I think that one may be an outlier, pricewise. Much lower asking price than one would expect to pay for a Hutto. Especially a rare, early example like that one exhibiting no sign of his future lutherie skills.

[Billy Packard]

All the various Hutto mandolins I've seen here on the MC have been in the rage of $10k.
The first one I remember seeing was in 2013 and it was listed at $9k.

[j4music]

$2,000 on Reverb was the deal of the decade, regardless of condition. I was thanking Dan Scullon for the tip and about to reply to the seller, when I saw the "Sold" sign. The previous posts suggesting 9 - 10K are consistent with what I recall seeing. But if the OP is looking for quick sale at 2K, I'm your man. LOL.

[Charles E.]

Looks like Charles Johnson (Mandolin World Headquarters) had this Hutto for sale back in 2019.....

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

Not seeing a price though.

[FLATROCK HILL]

<<<<< Deleted by F.H. Didn't mean to insult unknown builder.>>>>>

[Richard Watts]

Thanks to all for taking time to reply i do
Appreciate it i think maybe i better rethink
Selling it i just got arthritis so bad but there
Are good days. Its one heck of a mandolin
And in pristine condition i never carried it out
Used others that i had. Thanks for all the replies. Richard Watts

[Bacfire]

The Hutto used to be my dream instrument. Carter Vintage in Nashville recently had a great one at around $9500. IMO, it was the best thing they had at that price point out of at least 50 or so mandolins.

[ponyboy]

$2,000 on Reverb was the deal of the decade, regardless of condition. I was thanking Dan Scullon for the tip and about to reply to the seller, when I saw the "Sold" sign. The previous posts suggesting 9 - 10K are consistent with what I recall seeing. But if the OP is looking for quick sale at 2K, I'm your man. LOL.

I was with the current owner when this was purchased. The owner (possibly original) passed away and the widow sold the mandolin to a guitar shop in San Diego. The guitar shop was the one that put it on reverb and was inundated with inquiries and realized the pricing was off so he took the listing down and is why it says "ended" instead of "sold". The case had some tools in it and it was apparent the owner had done what looked like a little bit of self repair/experimenting on it but nothing that really damaged the playability/sound. It has a lot of cosmetic issues to it so he was trying to sell it at a guitar show for $5,000, but ended up letting it go for 4k. It couldn't have ended up in a better new home and is played daily and cherished greatly.

[j4music]

Still a bargain.