Re: My fathers' Mandolin
Wonderful, Alex, thank you for posting.
That's a beautiful Calace and appears to be in great shape.
Your Mom's attic must be a clean and dry location.
My read is that is a "1936". I'm attaching a label from the same year from my files along with a view of the instrument which sadly has taken more abuse than yours.
I also have a label from a 1957 Calace and you can see how differently the number "5" was being written then....and the different style of label in the '50s.
I'm not the one to be putting $$ to things, but given the Calace instruments that turn up for sale in various internet locations, my guess given the fine condition it might well be in the $3K+ US range. Potentially significantly higher.
Others here certainly have a better suggestion.
Tell us more about its history if you know.
And please include more detail photos if you can. We love these kinds of discoveries here.
And that is a beautiful Calace.
Fair play to you for getting up there into the attic!
Mick
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