Summary
manufacture date (traditional estimates)
1929 shipment date, according to Spann's Guide to Gibson
Mandolin, Style F5
Serial 85365
Factory order number unknown
Description
Fern, two "Master Model" labels over one another, very light tobacco finish. Gold hardware
Images from Christies Auction House & Mitch Simpson
Categories
Categories this instrument is a member of
- Red-lined hardshell case
- Fern peghead inlay
Source
From Darryl Wolfe.
Darryl Wolfe's F5 Journal is the authoritative work on the subject of Loar-signed and later Gibson mandolins