Any ideas of what this is worth?
Gibson Mandolin
s/n: 25786
Style A
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...d/Mdlin004.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...d/Mdlin003.jpg
Any ideas of what this is worth?
Gibson Mandolin
s/n: 25786
Style A
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...d/Mdlin004.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...d/Mdlin003.jpg
I'd have to guess around $1200. without that screw in the back. What is it doing?
Well, it appears you have a 1916 A Model. Mandolin Archive
This one is getting $1450.
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A4- I think not. Maybe an A1.
Sound hold trim is wrong for an A4
disclaimer- I am not an expert by any means (but I do have an A4 paddle head from 1917 or so)
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An A-4 would have a Fleur-De-lis, Handel tuners, and wine red color and different rosette around sound hole.
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"I thought I knew a lot about music. Then you start digging and the deeper you go, the more there is."~John Mellencamp
"Theory only seems like rocket science when you don't know it. Once you understand it, it's more like plumbing!"~John McGann
"IT'S T-R-E-M-O-L-O, dangit!!"~Me
I paid a lot more for an A-1 than the prices quoted here. But it had a very special sound. I paid for the sound.
Ha, ha! keep time: how sour sweet music is,
When time is broke and no proportion kept!
--William Shakespeare
Hard to say from that angle, but it sure looks like a strap button to me.Originally Posted by (Tom C @ Jan. 23 2006, 21:31)
The screw is a button for a strap.
$1000 to $1100
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