What a beauty and priced right too!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ANTIQUE-C1930S-H...#ht_500wt_1156
Antique c1930s handmade folk art carved guitar mandolin
What a beauty and priced right too!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ANTIQUE-C1930S-H...#ht_500wt_1156
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Re: Antique c1930s handmade folk art carved guitar mandolin
As we used to say... a bargain at one-eighth the price.
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Re: Antique c1930s handmade folk art carved guitar mandolin
Thats a guitar.
With S holes.
Re: Antique c1930s handmade folk art carved guitar mandolin
More like $ holes!Originally Posted by JeffD
Re: Antique c1930s handmade folk art carved guitar mandolin
Well, after this recent thread on the "$1200 cigar box mandolin," I can't be too skeptical regarding the prices certain collectors might pay for "folk art." However, the eBay seller seems totally unrealistic, IMHO. Without some unusual history or provenance, there doesn't seem to be much about this "instrument" that would command such a price.
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Re: Antique c1930s handmade folk art carved guitar mandolin
That thing is ugly. I hope it sounds good thru the paper bag you'd have to put over it.
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Re: Antique c1930s handmade folk art carved guitar mandolin
I really like the blue stone inlayed in the peghead to make it look 'classy'.
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I think it's fantastic! Made from a single piece of wood using nothing but a Barlow knife and the maker was able to pump gas at the same time! It's a National Treasure!
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And all this time I thought Lloyd Loar was the premier builder of that era. It's absolutely amazing what you can do with a hatchet and a claw hammer.
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Well, the seller is an antique dealer.
"Put your hands to the wood
Touch the music put there by the summer sun and wind
The rhythms of the rain, locked within the rings
And let your fingers find The Music in the Wood."
Joe Grant and Al Parrish (chorus from The Music in the Wood)
Re: Antique c1930s handmade folk art carved guitar mandolin
Made entirely without the use of power tools.
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But the seller is honest and states: "OVERALL THERE IS SOME MINOR WEAR HERE AND THERE BUT AGAIN A VERY RARE PIECE OF MUSICAL HISTORY!"
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Re: Antique c1930s handmade folk art carved guitar mandolin
This is ready for Antique Regretsy Roadshow.
Jamie
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