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Lot 665
Vintage Gibson Mastertone Tenor Banjo Neck
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Circa 1920s, mahogany, 21 5/8 in. overall; bound 15.5 in. rosewood fingerboard having mother-of-pearl inlays, including Mastertone block; fiddle-shaped headstock with inlaid script Gibson logo over inlaid floral patterns; back of headstock inlaid with lighter woods forming a diamond motif over an oval.

The Estate Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Robert Ayers, Swansboro, NC.

Chip to back of headstock, moderate playing wear; small amount of loss to inlaid border on bass side at heel.

$300 - 500