Retailed by W. J. Dyer & Brother, Saint Paul, Minnesota and made by the Larson Brothers, Chicago, lacks interior label and appears to be mid-1920s, spruce top with mahogany back, sides and neck, the 12-fret guitar neck with 25 in. scale length, the five sub-bass strings with later Five Star Planet banjo tuners; replacement bridge and pins. Comes with an appropriate hardshell harp guitar case. This lot is subject to a reserve.

42-1/2 in. length overall

From the Collection of Steven Miller, Burnsville, NC

From the Collection of Steven Miller, Burnsville, NC

Good playable condition; two parallel 1-1/4 in. hairlines on the tenor side of the top over the lower bout (applied flashlight and they do not seem open); overall play wear; lacking strap pin on bottom.