Whoa Boy....can't wait until this gets discussed..

[Gary Hedrick]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1924...item53eb8ec3ab

Well there you have it....an undocumented "Loar"

[Eddie Sheehy]

I'm in...

[Jeffff]

But it now

[mrmando]

Not a lot of energy put into fooling the experts here. Wonder who built it? The serial number would fit the Feb. 18, 1924 batch, if it were real.

[MikeEdgerton]

Got to love the missing Florida.

The Mandolin Cafe case sticker does ad some semblance of authenticity. It had to pass through the hands of somebody that's been here. I wonder if that is the original Loar case?

[Scott Tichenor]

The Mandolin Cafe case sticker does ad some semblance of authenticity.

I wasn't exactly thrilled to see that.

[MikeEdgerton]

I figured you weren't too thrilled.

[Jeffff]

The sticker may actually help. A potential buyer might just log on and ask about that particular mandolin.

[Jim Garber]

Lots of strangeness here...

[baptist mando55]

Might sound a lot better than it looks. Dempseys Hutto wasnt pretty but it did soud real good.Could be an early Ward , Shue or a lot of carolinas builders who knows. It may peel the paint off the wall and blow you hair back.Some of the prettiest mandolinsive seen didnt sound all that good

[Jeffff]

That's not really the point. The point is, it is being represented as something it isn't.

Unless it really IS a...remodled? Loar.

[MikeEdgerton]

It's not.

[Jeffff]

I need a sarcasm icon.

[baptist mando55]

it says f5 style in the description I dont think the expect to fool anybody

[Jeffff]

It's uo to $2,025 Better hurry.

[barney 59]

It's real but Sam Bush got to it or a maybe just a Sam Bush devotee. I bet it gets pulled. Just for grins I would love to see this one play out though.

[Mike Black]

Besides way too much flame in the sides and back, are there any side bound Feb 18th's? At least they are not trying to pass it off as an unsigned Loar.

[MikeEdgerton]

it says f5 style in the description I dont think the expect to fool anybody

I wouldn't bank on that. The text from the auction is, and I quote:

"You Are Bidding On A Pre-Owned 1924 The Gibson Master Model Style F5 Mandolin Numbers 75337"

I don't see anything there that would even suggest that they weren't selling it as the real deal.

[Eddie Sheehy]

Dang, I thought I had it for $2,001... maybe next year....

[f5loar]

All this puppy needs is a Loar style fingerboard, tailpiece cover,waverly tuners and pickguard and a change of label to read a July 9, 1923 serial no. and add the signed and dated Lloyd Loar label and you are good to go with an authentic fake July 9th Loar with side binding. So close yet so far away.
When you are showing a serial no. and adding the date to the mandolin you are selling it as the real deal. I don't see using the word "style" as a protection agains forgery.

[f5loar]

hey Gary, Ken and Darryl, This may be one of those rare unsigned Loar years "2nds" we heard so much about from that dealer in the midwest that claims to have seen dozens of them and has documentation and photos of all the '22,'23,24 unsigned Loars.

[Byrdmando]

Im pretty sure that MandolinCafe sticker is a fake too.

[Eddie Sheehy]

Check that Mandolincafe sticker for Scott's signature!

[mrmando]

hey Gary, Ken and Darryl, This may be one of those rare unsigned Loar years "2nds" we heard so much about

More like a 3rd, or a 4th.

[Ben Milne]

Only twenty frets and a scroll like that I'm not surprised Lloyd didn't sign it.