This weeks mandolin that won't get a bid or buyer

**Mark Gunter** · Jan-08-2017, 12:11pm

1940's Vintage Harmony Monterey Mandolin missing most of the finish used cond.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1940s-Vintag...-/272499386233

"... Much of the paint is missing on the whole instrument other wise I would think it could be a player. ..."

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He only wants $199.00

**oldwave maker** · Jan-08-2017, 12:25pm

Go Pack: http://milwaukee.craigslist.org/msg/5942147988.html

**Mark Gunter** · Jan-08-2017, 12:32pm

Looks like you're posting a link to your own ad there, oldwave maker. Probably a bad decision to do that.

**Jim Garber** · Jan-08-2017, 1:50pm

Originally Posted by Mark Gunter

1940's Vintage Harmony Monterey Mandolin missing most of the finish used cond.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1940s-Vintag...-/272499386233

"... Much of the paint is missing on the whole instrument other wise I would think it could be a player. ..."

He only wants $199.00

“Vintage Harmony Monterey mandolin from the 40's, 50's or 60's This one is missing some strings. I have not set it up yet so its playing condition is unclear. Tuners look like originals in good condition all the parts look original. I see no cracks or separations most of the finish is missing and that is the main issue , and it may be missing some strings a new set would really make it sound good. Great for a fixer upper.”

I think the missing strings is the real deal breaker.

**Bill Snyder** · Jan-08-2017, 6:03pm

Originally Posted by Mark Gunter

Looks like you're posting a link to your own ad there, oldwave maker. Probably a bad decision to do that.

I think he is poking fun at himself. Bill is venerated builder by many who frequent the Mandolin Cafe no matter how hard he tries not to be.

**Charles E.** · Jan-08-2017, 6:07pm

Mark, I will one up you........

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Used...EAAOSwt7ZXpL1J

Hard to imagine what people are thinking.

**seg** · Jan-08-2017, 8:20pm

looks like this one is gonna need new strings

**LadysSolo** · Jan-08-2017, 8:47pm

"Cracks found throughout..." You think?!?!? BTW, I LOVE the cheese mandolin!!! Too funny!!!

**Woodrow Wilson** · Jan-08-2017, 9:16pm

Originally Posted by Charles E.

Mark, I will one up you........

Hard to imagine what people are thinking.

Maybe it comes with a genie if you rub it the right way?

**Jim Garber** · Jan-08-2017, 11:12pm

Originally Posted by Charles E.

Mark, I will one up you........

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Used...EAAOSwt7ZXpL1J

Hard to imagine what people are thinking.

Was: US $119.99
You save:
$42.00 (35% off)
Price:
US $77.99

Hmmmm... maybe $1.25 worth of parts and firewood value....

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**Jim Garber** · Jan-08-2017, 11:20pm

Originally Posted by mrmando

Hang on to those magazines; in 105 years they'll be worth your annual income. http://www.ebay.com/itm/1911-GIBSON-...YAAOSw44BYPORF

This same one was relisted a few times at $50,000 and now it has been reduced to a measly $40,000.

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**mrmando** · Jan-09-2017, 5:14pm

Well, I understand Cromwell lump-scroll F mandolins are scarce, but are they this desirable?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/CROMWELL-man...8AAOSw9GhYc54p

**Jim Garber** · Jan-10-2017, 4:00pm

Originally Posted by mrmando

Well, I understand Cromwell lump-scroll F mandolins are scarce, but are they this desirable?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/CROMWELL-man...8AAOSw9GhYc54p

I guess we will find out. Early pre-Gibson lump scroll. If this was made by Gibson that is not so bad a price for a semi-F from '37, methinks.

**brunello97** · Jan-10-2017, 5:32pm

Wow. So Gibson had the idea for the lump scroll, made some in the '30s and someone still thought it was a good idea again in the '60s? That's makes it even more painful to look at.

Mick

**kkmm** · Jan-10-2017, 6:45pm

Hmm, even if this one is a very desired and valuable brand and model, my wife would say let's buy the Rogue mandolin as it looks much more beautiful

Honestly, I don't know much about Harmony Monterey mandolin.

**mrmando** · Jan-12-2017, 3:06pm

Originally Posted by Jim Garber

I guess we will find out. Early pre-Gibson lump scroll. If this was made by Gibson that is not so bad a price for a semi-F from '37, methinks.

The Cromwell GM-6 is a Gibson product and very scarce, the only budget-brand F-style from the '30s. Paul Fox says there may be as few as 9 of these and as many as 18 to 20. A true rarity in either case. Couple of previous threads:

http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/sh...y-Cromwell-A12

http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/sh...ll+lump+scroll

**Jim Garber** · Jan-13-2017, 10:37am

There is something strangely appealing about that Cromwell mandolin. Clunky, of course, esp with that headstock and lump, but I would guess that as a Gibson product it might sound as good as a Gibson A model from the same period. This is a different GM-6 from the one on the 2011 thread. The neck joint doesn't look at all funky.

We forgot the porpoises:

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**brunello97** · Jan-13-2017, 11:55am

To my eye, the F5 just barely holds together as a composite of disparate design ideas. Six quarts in a gallon jug. G Puglisi and the Catanese had nothing on an F5 in terms of eclectic design weirdosity.

I think there is only so much you can tinker with it without it coming apart visually, which is why I think the iconic design still carries so much currency and why the odd contemporary variations on the classic F5 look so odd.

This Cromwell puts me in the mind of a Jeff Lebowski meme "That sunburst really tied the room together."

Mick

**Timbofood** · Jan-13-2017, 10:15pm

"Eclectic design weirdosity" in eight stringed instruments, would that become.......
Wait for it......

"Mandacity"?
Apologies to "Big Daddy"
I'm getting bruises on my forehead from standing my my corner so much but, I just really liked that one!

**Jim Garber** · Jan-13-2017, 10:59pm

Originally Posted by Timbofood

I'm getting bruises on my forehead from standing my my corner so much but, I just really liked that one!

You mean: "I'm getting lumps on my forehead..."

**Timbofood** · Jan-16-2017, 12:32pm

No, I'm past the lump stage, these are a lovely saffron!

**Mandolin Cafe** · Jan-17-2017, 2:17pm

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Sounds a bit high, $50,000.00 for this magazine. I was thinking more in the $49,499.99 range...

**Charles E.** · Jan-17-2017, 8:47pm

Seller claims he values it more then he is asking...........

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Custom-Made-...wAAOSwstxU2QtW

**Jim Garber** · Jan-17-2017, 10:30pm

Originally Posted by Jim Garber

This same one was relisted a few times at $50,000 and now it has been reduced to a measly $40,000.

Originally Posted by Mandolin Cafe

Sounds a bit high, $50,000.00 for this magazine. I was thinking more in the $49,499.99 range...

Yes! This one is a perennial favorite on this thread and primises to be so for decades to come

**Jim Garber** · Jan-17-2017, 10:32pm

Originally Posted by Charles E.

Seller claims he values it more then he is asking...........

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Custom-Made-...wAAOSwstxU2QtW

As we used to say: "That is a bargain at half the price."

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