The Morgan Rank Collection of Folk Art Musical Instruments part of the Fall Americana & Paintings Auction Friday, November 21, 2014
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The Morgan Rank Collection of Folk Art & Musical Instruments Lots 794-997
Morgan Rank’s life as a collector began in childhood. As his family moved all over the globe following his father’s career path, Morgan would take along his little antique treasures in a small trunk. When he made his way to the United States, he was struck by the ingenuity seen in American folk pieces, particularly the artistry exhibited in handcrafted musical instruments, and his collection found a new focus. For nearly thirty years, Morgan spent the winter months traveling America in pursuit of primitive and folk items to stock his eponymous art gallery in East Hampton, New York. He’d often spend the night at a farmhouse, or stop for a meal at a diner, and in the process uncover a wonderfully clever fiddle or a one-of-a-kind banjo. He once evaded the police during a moonshine raid in Tennessee while trying to acquire a guitar. To hear him talk, the stories surrounding his collection of instruments gave him just as much pleasure as the instruments themselves. Morgan classifies folk art as pieces handmade to give away to a loved one or to keep for one’s own enjoyment. They are not items made with any kind of commercial intention. Many of the instruments presented here proudly bear the name and inscription of the maker, and many of them are made from everyday items like boxes and tins and stray pieces of wood. It isn’t hard to imagine a talented young man lovingly carving a fiddle for his sweetheart, or a resourceful music-lover cobbling together a bass so he could play in a local band, or a recent immigrant playing tunes from his homeland on an instrument he fashioned from spare parts. While many of the instruments seen here exhibit fine musical craftsmanship, Morgan, who is not a musician, appreciated them simply as innovative works of art and unique pieces of Americana.
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794. AMERICAN FOLK BANJO 20th Century Bottle caps cover top of circular metal body. Wooden head and neck under a dark stain. “Janan” carved into head. Length 38.5”. 500/800 795. AMERICAN FOLK BANJO First Half of the 20th Century Mahogany veneer body with metal tension hoop. Drum made from heavy paper, which is torn. Dark-stained wooden head and neck. Ebonized fretboard with inset brass frets. Length 41”. 300/500 796. AMERICAN FOLK BANJO 20th Century Body made from a metal lid. Simplistic pine neck. Length 38.25”. 150/250
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797. BANJO-STYLE EIGHT-STRING INSTRUMENT Early 20th Century Walnut frame with animal hide drum. Black and white celluloid tuning keys. Two foreign coins screwed into back. Length 24”. 200/300 798. “DUO-LYKA” TWO-STRING INSTRUMENT Triangular wooden body with polychrome painted decoration. Clover leaf-form sound hole. Length 29.25”.
20th Century 200/300
799. AMERICAN FOLK FOUR-STRING BANJO Early 20th Century Body appears to be made from hard rubber, possibly an old wheel. Hide drum. Wooden peghead and neck, and inlaid brass frets. Length 32.5”. 150/250 800. BANJO-STYLE EIGHT-STRING INSTRUMENT Early 20th Century Made from a covered tin box marked “Czechoslovakia”. American maker applied a wooden head and neck. Head and body painted mustard yellow; fretboard painted black. Screw eyes drilled into sides of head to create tuning keys. Length 20”. 300/400 801. AMERICAN FOLK FIDDLE Made from pieces of cigar boxes. Length 16.75”.
Early 20th Century 200/300
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802. AMERICAN FOLK FIDDLE Early 20th Century Made from varied woods with strong tiger maple figuring to back and sides. Nicely proportioned and beautifully made. Length 23.5”. 400/600 803. AMERICAN FOLK EIGHT-STRING VIOLIN Early 20th Century Illegible inscription by maker in pencil on interior. Dark-stained wooden body. Length 24.5”. 200/300
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804. AMERICAN FOLK FIDDLE Late 19th/Early 20th Century Ebonized sides with primitive faux grain finish. Scroll piece primitively carved in the form of a head. Length 24.75”. 250/350 805. PORCELAIN-BODIED FIDDLE Early 20th Century With wooden scroll and fingerboard. Front and back of body with floral decoration. Length 23”. 500/700 806. FOLK FIDDLE MADE FROM MATCHSTICKS Late 19th/Early 20th Century Scroll piece with large chip at end. Length 24”. 300/500 807. AMERICAN FOLK FIDDLE “Concert Soprano by Everett Lasoo Tucker 1873” on interior paper label. Beautifully made from varied woods. Length 23.5”. 200/300
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808. AMERICAN FOLK FIDDLE Early 20th Century Made entirely from tin. “Nu-Dura Tin” impressed on back. Amazingly executed elegant scroll piece. Length 23.5”. 300/600
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809. AMERICAN FOLK FIDDLE Inscribed in pencil on interior “Made by James. M Reese” and dated “Jenary [sic] 1939”. Made from various woods. Sides of body with incised cross-hatch design. Key ring threaded through scroll piece during the making allows the instrument to be hung. Length 23”. 300/400 810. AMERICAN FOLK FIDDLE Late 19th/Early 20th Century Made from varied woods in a simplistic form. Length 25”. 150/200 811. AMERICAN FOLK FIDDLE Early 20th Century Made from varied woods. Top and sides in a dark stain. Bottom in a slightly lighter stain. Length 22.5”. 200/250 807
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812. CASED AMERICAN FOLK FIDDLE “Wallace Gendron Made in 1915” handwritten in pen on interior. Made from various woods. Beautifully carved scroll piece in the form of a lion’s head with mouth open and tongue sticking out. Length 23.75”. Old wooden case. Includes bow. 500/700 813. UNUSUAL CASED AMERICAN FOLK FIDDLE Early 20th Century In varied woods under a dark stain. Fingerboard with unusual braced support. No sound holes on top of body, but three on the sides. Hookform attachment at bottom. Length 30.25”. Includes a wooden case that has been altered to fit instrument. 200/300 814. CASED AMERICAN FOLK FIDDLE Early 20th Century Made from varied woods. Sides and back with faux grain finish. Scroll piece carved in the form of a fox’s head with its mouth open. Length 23.5”. 19th Century wooden case. 500/700 815. AMERICAN FOLK FIDDLE 20th Century Cherry body and notch-carved scroll piece. Length 24”. 150/200
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816. TIN-BODIED FIDDLE First Half of the 20th Century Painted burnt orange with faux tiger maple graining on back. Marked on back “CzechoSlovakia”. Length 19.25”. 200/300 817. AMERICAN FOLK ART TWELVE-STRING INSTRUMENT Late 19th/Early 20th Century Made from varied woods in lyre form. Composition and inlaid wood purfling. Length 29.5”. 400/600 818. AMERICAN FOLK TWELVE-STRING VIOLA D’AMORE Early 20th Century Marked on interior “Altem Uller”. Dark-stained multi-wood body with maple neck. Length 26”. 200/300 819. THREE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS 19th/Early 20th Century 1) Self-cased American folk fiddle. G-clef painted on body. 2) Four-string primitive instrument. 3) Top section of a hurdy gurdy. Lengths from 16” to 20.5”. 150/250
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820. ONE-STRING INSTRUMENT Box-form body with two f-holes. Carved scroll piece in the form of an animal’s head. Length 29.75”.
Early 20th Century 250/350
821. AMERICAN FOLK SIX-STRING GUITAR Early 20th Century Wooden body in an inverted teardrop form. Painted pale green. Fretboard with mother-of-pearl inlay. Length 30.5”. 200/300 822. AMERICAN FOLK ONE-STRING INSTRUMENT Amplifier, tin horn and wooden shoulder piece attached to a wooden neck. Length 27.5”.
Early 20th Century 150/250
823. AMERICAN FOLK TWO-STRING INSTRUMENT Late 19th/Early 20th Century One-piece wooden frame with amplifier and attached tin horn. Amplifier with inset gauge marked “Victor”. Length 28.5”. 150/250 824. AMERICAN FOLK SINGLE-STRING INSTRUMENT First Half of the 20th Century Rectangular box recessed onto a long rectangular tapered rod and braced by an elongated tailpiece. Length 60”. 200/400 825. WOOD AND METAL ALARM 19th Century Possibly for use on a ship. Crank handle turns alternating toothed cogs that hit wooden slats, which strike a metal pan. Creates a very loud noise! Height 38”. 300/500 826. AMERICAN FOLK FOUR-STRING BANJO Body made from an enameled metal water kettle. Bold wooden peghead and neck. Length 31.5”.
Early 20th Century 150/200
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827. AMERICAN FOLK TWELVE-STRING INSTRUMENT Early 20th Century In lyre form. Body made from varied woods with inlaid wood and composition purfling. Fingerboard with inlaid composition plaque impressed “Harwood”. Head with nice burled wood facing. Length 29”. 500/1,000 828. AMERICAN FOLK CHORD LYRE Late 19th/Early 20th Century Made from various woods. Multiple strings controlled with levers marked “E”, “G”, “A”, “B” and “D”. Lifting the levers depress metal bridges that change the instrument’s tones. Body with foliate-shaped sound holes backed with red cloth. “Chord Lyre” stenciled in gold on top of body. Length 35.5”. 300/400 829. THREE METAL STRINGED INSTRUMENTS Two fiddles and one banjo, all with painted finishes. Lengths from 10” to 16.5”.
20th Century 100/200
830. PRIMITIVE AMERICAN FOLK HAND-HELD HARP Rosewood veneered case with contrasting purfling. Twenty-one strings. Length 21.75”.
Late 19th/Early 20th Century 250/350
831. UNIQUE AMERICAN FOLK FOUR-STRING INSTRUMENT Early 20th Century Made in the form of a fiddle from varied dark-stained woods. Crank at lower end turns a wheel that vibrates the strings in the manner of a bow. Length 24.5”. 250/300 832. AMERICAN FOLK UKELIN First Half of the 20th Century Twenty-four strings mounted to a shaped wooden plank. Four bridges stained red and green. Length 30”. 200/300
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833. APPALACHIAN-STYLE FOLK DULCIMER Late 19th/Early 20th Century In cherry and other woods. Figure-8 body with four f-holes. Some cracking and separation of case and fretboard. Length 32”. 250/350
839. AMERICAN FOLK SELF-CASED DULCIMER 19th Century Wooden case with dovetail construction. Top lifts to reveal a multi-string bridged instrument. Height 13.5”. Length 45”. Depth 17.5”. 100/200
834. DULCIMER Early 20th Century Possibly in mahogany. Body with four f-holes. Length 31.75”. 200/250
840. DULCIMER 20th Century Probably a manufactured piece. Painted wooden body. Length 43”. 120/180
835. AMERICAN FOLK ZITHER Late 19th/Early 20th Century Cased in a shaped walnut frame with lid. Multiple strings mounted through pierced carved wooden bridges. Length 30”. 250/400
841. AMERICAN FOLK FOUR-STRING DULCIMER Early 20th Century “Morris Original” painted on interior. Wooden body painted black with G-clef and banding in creamcolored paint. Length 24”. 250/350
836. SELF-CASED AMERICAN FOLK DULCIMER First Half of the 20th Century Made from various woods with inset brass frets. Heartshaped sound holes. Interior of case lined with brown velvet. Length 31”. 200/400
842. FOLK STRINGED INSTRUMENT Early 20th Century Made from a long piece of elliptical-shaped wood. Ten strings. Raised bridge with painted heart. Length 31”. 200/250
837. AMERICAN FOLK DULCIMER Early 20th Century Natural wood finish with green-stained fingering board. Heart-form sounding hole. Length 37”. 300/500
843. AMERICAN FOLK SHOULDER UKELIN Late 19th/Early 20th Century Hollow wooden body with thirty-two strings. Length 22.5”. 200/300
838. AMERICAN FOLK THREE-STRING DULCIMER Early 20th Century Made from varied woods with remnants of paper decoration on fretboard. Inset metal frets. Length 33.75”. 500/700 839
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844. AMERICAN FOLK OVERSIZE GUITAR First Half of the 20th Century Metal body, and ebonized stained wooden neck and head. “Janan” carved into head. Length 50”. 300/500
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845. AMERICAN FOLK MULTI-STRING INSTRUMENT First Half of the 20th Century Body in the form of a six-string guitar. Applied neck at left with five additional strings and a zither at right with twenty-four strings. A ukelin-style instrument with thirty-one strings is attached to the back. Made from varied woods with inlaid and painted surfaces and a composition cover to protect the ukelin. Length 39”. 500/1,000 846. AMERICAN FOLK SIX-STRING GUITAR First Half of the 20th Century Made from various woods with inset brass frets. Unusually thin body. Length 34.25”. 200/300 847. CASED AMERICAN FOLK SLIDE GUITAR-STYLE INSTRUMENT Late 19th/Early 20th Century Made from varied woods. Fifteen strings. Height 5.5”. Length 32.75”. Width 15”. 500/700 848. WOODEN GUITAR CASE Early 20th Century In oak and mahogany veneer with two leather straps. Carrying handle made from a metal horse bit. Carved applied flower at end. Length 45”. 300/400
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849. AMERICAN FOLK SIX-STRING GUITAR First Half of the 20th Century Made from varied woods. Body in rectangular box form with two f-holes and two crescent-shaped holes. Central sound hole with inset perforated metal panel. Fretboard with mother-of-pearl inlay; one piece damaged. Inset brass frets. Length 40.25”. 150/250 850. AMERICAN FOLK SIX-STRING GUITAR Early 20th Century Angular body made from varied woods. Length 39.25”. 100/150 851. “MENZENHAUER’S GUITAR ZITHER” Patent date of May 29, 1894 and made in Jersey City, New Jersey. Retains gilt banner-form label on top and paper label on interior. Length 18.5”. 100/200
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852. AMERICAN FOLK SIX-STRING GUITAR Pennsylvania-German, 20th Century Signed on interior in pencil “By George Selinshick”. Top of multi-wood body with inset rosewood panels. Peghead with mother-of-pearl inlay and engraved metal appliqué. Geometric mother-of-pearl inlay along fretboard. Length 35.5”. 300/500 853. AMERICAN FOLK FIVE-STRING INSTRUMENT Pennsylvania-German, 20th Century “G.I. Selinshick” and “N.S. Pgh. Pa.” handwritten in ink on interior paper label. Made from multiple woods with elaborate mother-of-pearl inlay, including geometric purfling, floral and bird-form decoration at top, and rectangular markers on fretboard. Head with engraved metal appliqué. Length 34.5”. 400/700 854. AMERICAN FOLK FIVE-STRING GUITAR Pennsylvania-German, 20th Century Signed in pen on interior “Made by George I. Selinshick 1309 W. North Ave. N.S. Pgh 33 Pa.” Top of body with inset rosewood panels. Fretboard with four circular mother-of-pearl inlays and inset metal frets. Length 35”. 300/500 855. AMERICAN FOLK SIX-STRING GUITAR Pennsylvania-German, 20th Century “Made by G.I. Selinshick ... Pgh, Pa.” on interior label. Varied wood body with inlaid mother-of-pearl and dark wood purfling and butterfly, flower and bird decoration. Head with engraved metal appliqué and inlaid mother-of-pearl flower. Fingerboard with rectangular mother-of-pearl inlay. Length 35.5”. 300/500 856. AMERICAN FOLK SIX-STRING GUITAR Early 20th Century Trapezoidal body made from dark-stained wood. White dot inlay at edges of top and around sound hole. Fretboard with white geometric inlay. Length 36.5”. 400/600 857. AMERICAN FOLK MANDOLIN-STYLE EIGHT-STRING INSTRUMENT Early 20th Century Body made from an armadillo with wooden top, head and neck. Fretboard with two mother-of-pearl inlays; three missing. Length 33.75”. 400/600 858. TEN-STRING FOLK GUITAR Early 20th Century Made from assorted woods with celluloid tuning keys and inset brass frets. Green, red and light wood inlay to sides of body. Length 34.25”. 300/500 859. AMERICAN FOLK FIVE-STRING TAMBURICA Probably Pennsylvania-German, 20th Century Wooden body with inset burled walnut and rosewood panels. Multiple small sound holes arranged in a traditional f-hole shape. Wooden head with inlaid mother-of-pearl and resin star. Fretboard with mother-of-pearl rectangular inlay. Length 33”. 300/500 860. AMERICAN FOLK SIX-STRING GUITAR Probably Pennsylvania-German, 20th Century Thin laminated body with geometric mother-of-pearl inlay and two f-holes. Head and fretboard also with mother-of-pearl inlay. Length 36”. 300/500 861. AMERICAN FOLK SIX-STRING GUITAR Probably Pennsylvania-German, 20th Century Made from varied dark-stained woods with mother-of-pearl geometric inlay to head, fretboard and body. Length 34.5”. 200/300 862. WOODEN GUITAR CASE 19th Century Painted black. Central painted decoration of a mountainous sunset riverscape flanked by a bouquet of flowers. Length 39.5”. 200/300 863. FIVE INSTRUMENT CASES Late 19th/Early 20th Century A 19th Century wooden cello case, two 19th Century wooden fiddle cases, an early 19th Century paper-mâché violin case, and a metal case for an unknown instrument. Lengths from 29.25” to 53”. 250/350 864. AMERICAN FOLK CIGAR BOX UKULELE One-piece wooden peghead and neck. Length 31.5”.
Early 20th Century 150/200
865. AMERICAN FOLK UKULELE Cigar box body. Solid wooden neck with inset brass frets. Length 19”.
Early 20th Century 150/250
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866. AMERICAN FOLK TAMBURITZA Pennsylvania-German, 20th Century “Made by G.I. Selinshick N.S. P[?] Pa.” handwritten on interior. Inlaid mother-of-pearl floral decoration to top of wooden body. Length 24”. 300/500 866A. AMERICAN FOLK MANDOLIN 20th Century Wooden body with male face carved and painted on bottom. Top of body with metal overlay covered with bottle caps. Inlaid metal frets. Length 30”. 100/200 866B. EIGHT-STRING MUSICAL INSTRUMENT Early 20th Century Teardrop-form body made from assorted lightly stained woods. All but three celluloid tuning keys missing. Inlaid brass frets. Chrome tailpiece in the form of a scallop shell. Length 25”. 250/350 866C. AMERICAN FOLK SIX-STRING TAMBURICA Pennsylvania-German, 20th Century Signed in pencil on interior “Made by George I. Selinshick”. Constructed from various woods with inset brass frets. Burled wood panel inset to top of body. Length 33”. 300/500 866D. AMERICAN FOLK TAMBURICA Pennsylvania-German, 20th Century Label for G.I. Selinshick on interior. Back of body made from shell. Head, neck and body with mother-of-pearl inlay in geometric and floral forms. Length 25”. 300/400 866E. AMERICAN FOLK TAMBURITZA Mother-of-pearl inlay on the top of the multi-wood body. Length 23.5”.
Pennsylvania-German, 20th Century 200/300
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866F. AMERICAN FOLK TAMBURITZA Pennsylvania-German, 20th Century Initialed on neck “G.I.S.”, presumably G.I. Selinshick. Constructed from various woods with floral mother-of-pearl inlay at top of body. Length 24.5”. 300/500 866G. AMERICAN FOLK FOUR-STRING TAMBURICA Pennsylvania-German, 20th Century Signed on interior by George Selinshick. Made from multiple woods with mother-of-pearl inlay in floral and geometric forms. Length 21.5”. 200/300 866H. AMERICAN FOLK TAMBURITZA Pennsylvania-German, 20th Century Made from various woods. Floral mother-of-pearl inlay at top of body. Rectangular mother-of-pearl inlay along fretboard. Length 23.25”. 300/500 866I. AMERICAN FOLK FIVE-STRING TAMBURICA Pennsylvania-German, 20th Century Printed label on interior for George Selinshick. Handwritten note on interior dated 1971 describes the woods used in making the instrument, including many pieces more than fifty years old. Top with inset rosewood panel and green stained purfling. Head with nicely carved scroll piece and mother-of-pearl inlay. Fretboard also with mother-of-pearl inlay. Length 47”. 500/1,000 866J. AMERICAN FOLK SIX-STRING GUITAR Pennsylvania-German, 20th Century Business card for George Selinshick mounted to interior. Additional pencil notations also on interior. Made from varied woods with mother-of-pearl and resin purfling. Inlaid mother-of-pearl potted plant at head and floral garland at lower edge of top. Geometric wood inlay where neck meets body. Length 41.5”. 500/1,000 866K. AMERICAN FOLK TAMBURICA Pennsylvania-German, 20th Century Made from varied woods with inlaid mother-of-pearl five-petal flower at head. Length 30”. 200/300
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867. FOUR-STRING FOLK INSTRUMENT Late 19th/Early 20th Century Carved wooden neck and metal body. Side of body painted blue. Length 44”. 300/400 868. AMERICAN FOLK EIGHT-STRING INSTRUMENT Early 20th Century Round hollow body made from four wood planks. Top with central heartform sound hole flanked by two f-holes. Most of side pieces missing. Ebonized wooden neck. Length 25”. 150/250 869. AMERICAN FOLK BELLOWS-FORM SQUEEZE BOX Late 19th Century Paper bellows with wooden top and bottom. Tin keys. Length 6.25”. 200/300 870. FOUR AMERICAN FOLK STRINGED INSTRUMENTS 20th Century All with box-form bodies. Lengths from 18.5” to 33.25”. 100/200
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871. TWO STRINGED INSTRUMENTS 20th Century A wooden ukulele, length 23”, and a one-string instrument with “Marksolin Manufactures by Marksochime Colony New Troy, Mich.” printed on paper label, length 30”. Both with triangular bodies. 150/250 872. AMERICAN FOLK TWO-STRING INSTRUMENT Early 20th Century Body made from a tin pie plate attached to a narrow rectangular turned dowel that makes up the scroll piece, neck and endpin. Two turned wooden tuning pegs. Height 38.25”. 200/250 873. AMERICAN FOLK MANDOLIN Early 20th Century Angular body with inlaid walnut top. Sides and bottom painted salmon pink. Fretboard with mother-of-pearl inlay. Metal tailpiece in tulip form. Length 21.5”. 200/300 874. AMERICAN FOLK UKULELE-STYLE EIGHT-STRING INSTRUMENT Early 20th Century Body made from a cigar box. Wooden neck. Length 22.25”. 100/200 875. AMERICAN FOLK CIGAR BOX FOUR-STRING INSTRUMENT Early 20th Century Stained red. Length 32.5”. 150/200 876. THREE AMERICAN FOLK FIDDLES Early 20th Century All made from varied woods. Each missing parts; one needs to be completely re-glued. Lengths approx. 24”. 150/300
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877. CASED AMERICAN FOLK FIDDLE Early 20th Century “D.F. Alcore U.S.A.” typewritten on interior label. Made from varied woods with nice tiger maple scroll piece, neck, sides and back. Scroll piece carved in the form of a head of a wolf bearing its teeth. Tuning pegs with mother-of-pearl inlay, including octagons on front and backs and circles at sides. Floral mother-of-pearl inlay at tailpiece. Back with alternating wood string inlay at edges and center. Length 24”. Leather-covered case. 500/1,000 878. PRIMITIVE FOLK FIDDLE In box form. Length 24.5”.
Late 19th/Early 20th Century 150/250
879. AMERICAN FOLK CIGAR BOX UKULELE Made for seven strings. Neck and body varnished. Length 17.75”.
Early 20th Century 100/200
880. CIGAR BOX ONE-STRING INSTRUMENT Meant to be used with a bow. Nicely carved scroll piece. Length 16”.
Early 20th Century 150/250
881. AMERICAN FOLK CIGAR BOX FIDDLE One-piece wooden head and neck. Length 25”.
First Half of the 20th Century 100/200
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882. AMERICAN FOLK OVERSIZED BANJO Metal body. Ebonized stained wooden neck with inset metal frets. Length 43.5”.
First Half of the 20th Century 200/300
883. AMERICAN FOLK FIDDLE 19th Century Grained cherry back and sides. Beautifully carved scroll piece with floral and foliate designs on sides and back. Length 23.75”. 500/700 884. DIMINUTIVE AMERICAN FOLK FIDDLE Marked in pencil on interior “Stura”. Length 14.5”. Papier-mâché cover.
19th Century 400/600
885. CASED AMERICAN FOLK FIDDLE 19th Century “1850” carved on back near where neck attaches to body. Made from varied woods with carved bone tailpiece. Length 24”. Period wooden case painted mustard yellow. 300/400 886. CIGAR BOX TWO-STRING INSTRUMENT Numerous paper labels still remain on box. Length 18.5”.
Early 20th Century 150/200
887. AMERICAN FOLK FIVE-STRING UKULELE Late 19th/Early 20th Century Made from multiple hand-hewn woods. Retains museum deaccession label on back. Length 24”. 200/250 888. CIGAR BOX TWO-STRING INSTRUMENT Length 22.5”.
Early 20th Century 120/180
889. TWO AMERICAN FOLK BANJOS Early 20th Century One with body made from a kitchen box with a hide drum, length 27”. Other with body made from a cooking tin, length 24.25”. 100/200 890. AMERICAN FOLK BANJO First Half of the 20th Century Wooden body with metal tension hoop and synthetic drum. One-piece wooden peghead and neck. Length 35.5”. 200/300
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891. AMERICAN FOLK EIGHT-STRING BANJO First Half of the 20th Century Octagonal two-tier plywood body with hide drum attached with a metal frame. Top of body with two carved flowers and pencil drawings. Lower tier with sixteen diamond-shaped sound holes. One-piece wooden peghead and neck. Peghead with carved floral and foliate designs and initialed in pencil “BHB”. Length 39”. 400/600 892. AMERICAN FOLK SIX-STRING GUITAR First Half of the 20th Century Round wooden body. Tiger maple head and neck, with rosewood veneer at head. Ebonized fretboard with inlaid brass frets. Length 37”. 300/500 893. AMERICAN FOLK BANJO Mid-20th Century Made from a wooden banjo neck, a metal and paper speaker, and a blue metal trash can lid. Mother-of-pearl inlay to neck. Labeled on back of neck “Banjos By Richelieu from Oregon, Wisconsin”, denoting the neck probably came from a Richelieu banjo. Length 36”. 150/250 894. AMERICAN FOLK BANJO Metal body painted red and green. Hide drum. Wooden neck with inset brass frets. Length 35.5”.
Early 20th Century 200/250
895. AMERICAN FOLK CIGAR BOX UKULELE Primitive one-piece wooden head and neck. Length 21.75”.
Early 20th Century 100/150
896. THREE INSTRUMENTS 1) Early 20th Century tambourine. Diameter 11”. 2) A three-string instrument made from an old coffee tin with wooden neck. Length 24”. 3) Mandolin made from a gourd. Painted red and dark blue. “Jodie” painted on side. 180/250 897. AMERICAN FOLK BANJO-STYLE SIX-STRING INSTRUMENT Metal body with hide drum. One-piece wooden peghead and neck. Length 30”.
Early 20th Century 150/250
898. AMERICAN FOLK BANJO First Half of the 20th Century Body comprised of a wooden hoop with metal brackets. One-piece wooden peghead and neck. Length 35”. 150/250 899. AMERICAN FOLK BANJO One-piece wooden construction with hide drum. Inset brass frets. Length 34.25”.
20th Century 150/200
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900. MATCHSTICK FIDDLE AND BOW First Half of the 20th Century Both pieces made entirely of matchsticks except for tuning pegs, bridge and bow hair. Signed on interior in matchsticks “Dale Brown”. Length 25”. 1,000/1,500
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901. CASED FIDDLE Early 20th Century Body made from galvanized metal with wooden scroll piece and fingerboard. Includes handwritten note: “One of a kind. Has been [in our family] 50 years, an old man at the [?] Mental Hospital in Colo made this fiddle. They wouldn’t give him any wood to work with so he made it out of metal. Really belongs in a museum. Will play if sounding post put in. Name of maker on slip in fiddle.” Eldred’s has not found the slip of paper with the name of maker as mentioned in the note. Length 27.25”. 500/1,000
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902. RARE FOLK FIDDLE Late 19th/Early 20th Century Heart-form body. Scroll piece in the form of a woman with applied hair and articulated arms holding a similarly formed fiddle and a bow. Length 26.5�. Wooden case. 10,000/14,000
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903. AMERICAN FOLK FIDDLE Cherry case with faux grained paint. Carved ebonized tuning pegs. Length 23.25”. 200/300 904. CASED FOLK FIDDLE “John R. Miller Mason, Mich. 1903” marked in ink on interior of case. Horn tailpiece with mother-of-pearl inlay. Tailpiece damaged at end. Length 24”. Wooden case. 250/350 905. CASED AMERICAN FOLK FIDDLE 19th Century Made from curly maple. Tailpiece with floral mother-of-pearl inlay. Three lithographs applied to back show wear. Length 23.25”. Leather case. 250/350 906. AMERICAN FOLK FIDDLE Late 19th/Early 20th Century Somewhat primitive in form with simplistic scroll piece. Carved heart and other decoration. Length 21.5”. 400/600
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907. ONE-STRING INSTRUMENT Late 19th/Early 20th Century Made from unknown woods in a rectangular box form. Scroll piece carved in the form of a human head. Intended to be played with a bow. Dark finish. Length 28.25”. 300/500
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908. FOLK ART FIDDLE Early 20th Century Simplistic form with shaped sides. Length 22.75”. 250/350 909. AMERICAN FOLK FIDDLE Early 20th Century In varied woods. Two-tier body with inset patent mark on back. Nicely carved scroll piece. Length 23.5”. 200/250 910. AMERICAN FOLK FIDDLE Early 20th Century Made entirely from metal. Painted brick red. Length 26”. 200/300
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911. AMERICAN FOLK FIDDLE Late 19th/Early 20th Century Wooden surfaces painted brown with deep gold trim. Brass large-head tack decoration to scroll piece and top and back of body. Wonderful old crusty patina. Length 24.5”. 300/500 912. CASED AMERICAN FOLK FIDDLE Early 20th Century Length 24.75”. 100/200
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913
913. AMERICAN FOLK FIDDLE First Half of the 20th Century Body made from a circular tobacco tin marked on back of instrument “Light Sweet Burley Fine Cut”. Wooden neck. Length 23”. 300/400
914. CASED AMERICAN FOLK FIDDLE Dated several times on interior 1880. Made from varied woods. Scroll piece with cross-hatch carving. Length 23.75”. Includes two bows. 250/350 915. CASED AMERICAN FOLK FIDDLE “I made this fiddle December 1959 to Jan. 25th of 1960 at my age of 69 years and one month I like music.” handwritten in ink on interior paper label. Back with eight strips of varying woods. Length 24”. Fine 19th Century wooden case. 300/500 916. AMERICAN FOLK FIDDLE Late 19th/Early 20th Century Illegibly signed in pencil on interior. Made from varied woods. Simulated ivory tailpiece with motherof-pearl inlay. Length 21”. 200/400
917. AMERICAN FOLK FIDDLE First Half of the 20th Century Wooden body painted brick red. Forest green painted border along outer edge of top. Foliate and geometric designs on bottom. Metal piece affixed to interior of body, possibly for amplification. Length 24.75”. 150/250 918. CASED AMERICAN FOLK FIDDLE 20th Century Length 25”. Late 19th Century American wood case. 150/250 919. CASED AMERICAN FOLK FIDDLE First Half of the 20th Century Made from various woods with mother-of-pearl diamond-form inlay at tailpiece. Faux grain staining to back and sides. Length 18.75”. Wooden case. 150/250 920. CASED VIOLIN 19th Century Bears bogus label on interior for “Nikolaus Amati”. Stamped “Amati” on back of body. Made from varied woods. Length 23.75”. 200/300 921. CASED AMERICAN FOLK FIDDLE Dated 1896 and signed illegibly on interior. Sans fingerboard, bridge and tail piece. Length 24”. Fine 19th Century trapezoidal wooden case with Federal brass pull at top. 300/500
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922. CASED AMERICAN FOLK FIDDLE Signed on interior in pen “Made by J.L. Sterling” and dated 1928. Made from varied woods with nice tiger maple neck, sides and back. Scroll piece carved in the form of an American Native woman’s head. Circular mother-of-pearl inlay at scroll piece and tuning pegs. Length 25”. Leather case. 500/1,000 923. CASED AMERICAN FOLK FIDDLE Signed in pencil on interior “Frank Pellerton” and dated 1879. Made from varied dark-stained woods. Scroll piece carved in the form of a horse head. Length 23.75”. Leather case. 400/600 924. CASED AMERICAN FOLK FIDDLE 19th Century In pine and cherry. Rectangular body with slightly canted sides. Scroll piece rudimentarily carved in the form of an animal’s head. Length 23.5”. Leather case. 400/600 925. THREE AMERICAN FOLK FIDDLES All with wooden bodies with natural finish. Lengths from 24” to 27.5”.
20th Century 150/250
926. FOLK FIDDLE Early 20th Century Made from parts of a sugar shipping crate. Primitively carved scroll piece, neck and f-holes. Length 22.5”. 180/250 927. TWO QUARTER-SIZE FIDDLES Lengths approx. 12.5”.
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20th Century 100/150
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928. CASED AMERICAN FOLK FIDDLE Illegible name and “Repaired by Evan Cooters 1913” handwritten on interior. Scroll piece beautifully carved in the form of a lion’s head. Heavily grained cherry back. Length 23.5”. Wooden case marked in calligraphy on interior “John S, Moe. Red Wing Minn” with foliate vine below name. 1,000/1,500 929. AMERICAN FOLK FIDDLE Late 19th/Early 20th Century “No. 4 Fiddle Violin made by Floyd N. Ammitten Lottie ...” in ink on interior paper label. Wooden body stained and intentionally worn to create a two-tone finish. Chip-carved scroll piece in the form of a woman’s head. Length 24.5”. 500/1,000 930. AMERICAN FOLK FIDDLE Signed in pencil on interior paper label “Made by Perry Dublin” and dated 1878. Made from varied woods. Scroll piece deeply carved in the form of a lion’s head with a tongue extending far out from its mouth. Length 24”. 500/800 931. THREE AMERICAN FOLK FIDDLES All with wooden bodies with natural finish. Lengths from 23” to 27.5”. 932. CASED FOLK FIDDLE “Dr Cromley 1878” written in pencil on interior. Made from cherry. Length 23.5”. 933. UNFINISHED FOLK FIDDLE In cherry. Scroll piece carved in the form of a loon’s head. Length 22.5”. 928, scroll piece
20th Century 200/300 300/400 20th Century 250/350
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934. AMERICAN FOLK FIDDLE Late 19th Century Branded on interior “F. Schwarzer Washington Mo.” Leaf-form metal plate with foliate and geometric designs mounted at top of unusually formed head. Unconventionally wide body. Length 24.25”. 300/400
934
935
935. AMERICAN FOLK FIDDLE Early 20th Century Made from assorted woods. Unusually shaped body: top half in egg form and bottom half in circular form. Length 20.75”. 250/350 936. FOUR AMERICAN FOLK FIDDLES 20th Century All with wooden bodies; three with natural finish and one in a darker stain. Lengths from 21.5” to 27”. 200/300 937. AMERICAN FOLK FIDDLE Early 20th Century Primitive wood construction with natural finish. Length 20.25”. 100/200
938. AMERICAN FOLK FIDDLE Early 20th Century Simplistic wooden construction. Length 23.5”. 300/600 939. ONE-STRING INSTRUMENT Early 20th Century Marked “Una Viol Mfg. by Maxcy Barton Organ Co. Oshkosh, Wis. U.S.A”. Length 26.5”. 150/250 940. THREE AMERICAN FOLK FIDDLES 20th Century All made from varied woods. Lengths from 24.5” to 28”. 100/200 941. AMERICAN FOLK FIDDLE Early 20th Century Made from varied woods with faux tiger maple graining to back of body. Length 23.25”. 200/250
938
939
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942. AMERICAN FOLK SINGLE-STRING INSTRUMENT First Half of the 20th Century Mahogany frame with ebonized fretboard and brass horn made by A.T. Howson, London. Marked on label attached to frame “Trademark Phono-Fiddle A.T. Howson ...”. Length 33.5”. 500/1,000 943. AMERICAN FOLK METAL-BODIED CELLO 20th Century With solid wooden head and neck. Body adorned with bottle caps. Length 40.75”. 200/300 944. PRIMITIVE STRINGED INSTRUMENT 19th Century Made from pine. Head with eight small holes, presumably for tuning keys. Length 29.25”. 100/150
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942
945. TWO AMERICAN FOLK FOUR-STRING INSTRUMENTS 20th Century A small guitar with wood front and back and printed cardboard sides, length 35.5”, and a wooden ukulele, length 30.5”. 100/200
946. AMERICAN FOLK XYLOPHONE First Half of the 20th Century Wooden soundbox with wood bars cushioned by a rubber bicycle tire and strung together with nylon chord. Height 5.5”. Length 27”. Width 15.75”. Includes original mallets with rubber tire heads, and two additional pairs of mallets. 200/300 946
947. AMERICAN FOLK BOX-STYLE UKULELE First Half of the 20th Century Length 24.5”. 100/200 948. AMERICAN FOLK SHOULDER UKELIN Early 20th Century Multi-wood construction with red and black painted highlights. Strings on front and angled side of body. Hinged attachment made to use as a chin rest. Length 25.25”. 100/150 949. AMERICAN FOLK CIGAR BOX TWO-STRING INSTRUMENT Early 20th Century With solid wooden neck. Length 27”. 150/250
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950. AMERICAN FOLK FOUR-STRING INSTRUMENT Early 20th Century Deep wooden body with two f-holes on top. Burled walnut veneer neck with three sections of applied rope molding. Length 51.25”. 300/500 951. UNUSUAL TEN-STRING INSTRUMENT Late 19th Century Made to be played while resting on a table. Five strings run along a raised neck with fretwork. Five strings run across the flat body portion. Length 32”. 500/800 952. AMERICAN FOLK TWO-STRING INSTRUMENT 20th Century Made from varied woods with bright finish throughout. Back of body shaped like a mandolin. Length 39.25”. 200/400 953. AMERICAN FOLK ONE-STRING INSTRUMENT 20th Century In unidentified woods painted maroon and cream. Long neck attaches to a canted circular body. Length 40”. 300/500 954. FOUR-STRING INSTRUMENT Early 20th Century Body made from mahogany. Head and ebonized fretboard with geometric mother-of-pearl inlay. Length 37.5”. 250/400 955. FOLK GUITAR Early 20th Century Made from multiple dark-stained woods. Geometric mother-of-pearl inlay to head and fretboard. Length 35.75”. 200/300 956. AMERICAN FOLK TWO-STRING INSTRUMENT Wooden body in a faceted box form. Incised figure of a nude woman on back. Length 36”.
Early 20th Century 150/250
957. AMERICAN FOLK SIX-STRING INSTRUMENT First Half of the 20th Century Metal body, ebonized wood neck and inset metal frets. Marked “Janan” on head. Height 51.5”. 300/500 958. AMERICAN FOLK CELLO-SIZE SIX-STRING INSTRUMENT Early 20th Century Metal body with applied metal crescent moon shape at one side. Body shows traces of paint and rust. Wooden neck in a worn charcoal paint. Height 52”. 300/500
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964
959. AMERICAN FOLK ONE-STRING INSTRUMENT 20th Century In a cello-like form with a triangular wooden body. Ebonized wooden tuning peg and fingerboard. Length 54.5”. 200/300 960. AMERICAN FOLK UKULELE-STYLE EIGHT-STRING INSTRUMENT Made from multiple woods with inlaid nickel frets. Length 24”.
First Half of the 20th Century 250/350
961. FOLK INSTRUMENT 20th Century Body made from shell with hide cover. Carved and painted wooden head, tuning pegs and neck with red-capped figural head at top and geometric designs at neck. Wooden portion probably made in the Caribbean but we believe the pieces were fashioned together into an instrument in the United States. Length 24.5”. 300/400 962. AMERICAN FOLK FIDDLE Illegibly signed and dated 1896 in pencil on interior. Made from varied woods. Body with a two-tone stain. Length 23.25”. 200/300 963. SIX-STRING MUSICAL INSTRUMENT Early 20th Century Probably made in the Carolinas. Tobacco leaf-form body with a southern yellow pine backboard. Top and sides in unknown wood. Walnut neck with high scroll piece. Length 40”. 300/500 964. AMERICAN FOLK LUTE Early 20th Century Scroll piece carved to form a figure’s face. Partially ebonized neck with mother-of-pearl inlay. Geometric pierced sound hole cover. Back made from vertical bands of dark and medium stained wood. Length 36.5”. 500/1,000 965. AMERICAN FOLK SIX-STRING INSTRUMENT Late 19th/Early 20th Century Body made from an old wooden box with red stained finish. Solid wooden head and neck. Shows heat crazing throughout. Length 36”. 150/200 966. FOUR AMERICAN FOLK INSTRUMENTS Three banjos and a fiddle. Lengths from 21” to 35.5”.
20th Century 100/200
967. FOLK FOUR-STRING INSTRUMENT Teardrop-form plywood body. Solid wooden neck with applied brass adornments. Length 42”.
20th Century 200/250
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968. AMERICAN FOLK BASS First Half of the 20th Century Body in rectangular box form. Solid wooden head and neck. Finely cut f-holes. Length 63.75”. 400/600
969. TWO AMERICAN FOLK CELLOS Early 20th Century One painted dark brown, length 50”, and the other in a medium brown finish, length 52”. Both in need of restoration. 200/300
970. AMERICAN FOLK SIX-STRING BASS First Half of the 20th Century Metal body with wooden neck and bridge. Front and back of body with rusted surfaces; sides show traces of blue paint. “Janan” carved into head. Length 58”. 300/500
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971. AMERICAN FOLK FOUR-STRING INSTRUMENT Probably Pennsylvania-Dutch, Early 20th Century Wooden body carved in the form of a Dutch wooden shoe. Length 33.25”. 150/200 972. UNUSUAL TWO-STRING INSTRUMENT Late 19th/Early 20th Century Made from a coconut shell with hide-covered drum and walnut neck. Length 25”. 200/300 973. AMERICAN FOLK FOUR-STRING INSTRUMENT 20th Century “Petar” carved into head. Body made from an enameled metal bed pan. Wooden neck with inset metal frets. Length 31.5”. 100/200
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974. SELF-CASED AMERICAN FOLK SEVEN-STRING INSTRUMENT ON STAND Late 19th/Early 20th Century Hinged mahogany case opens to reveal a body with six crescent-shaped sound holes. Made to play with a bow. Keyboard applies pressure to two of the strings. Height 6”. Length 33”. Depth 9.25”. Tripod base height 21.5”. 500/1,000 975. AMERICAN FOLK CELLO Late 19th/Early 20th Century Made from varied woods. Front with painted floral decoration at each of the four corners. Alternating wood inlaid purfling along edges of the sides and front, and around the sound hole. Nicely carved scroll piece. Length 54.5”. 300/400 976. AMERICAN FOLK NINE-STRING ALTO HARP Early 20th Century Hollow body with faux grained paint to top and ebonized bottom. Four strings on right with lever action to provide a “quiver” sound. Length 20.25”. 150/250 977. PECULIAR LYRE-LIKE AMERICAN FOLK INSTRUMENT Early 20th Century Made from multiple woods. Pivoting central drum-form body with two f-holes. Two curved arms on each side of body with incised carvings at tops. Arms support an arch above body. Strings attached at arch and rectangular base. Length 24.25”. 200/300
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978. AMERICAN FOLK MANDOLIN-STYLE SIX-STRING INSTRUMENT Early 20th Century Made from varied woods. Hexagonal wooden body with carved wooden tulip blossoms applied to sides. Back with pencil decoration of a sun and a swan. Length 29”. 100/200 979. SIMPLISTIC FOUR-STRING INSTRUMENT Early 20th Century Shaped head and octagonal body made from pine and cherry. Length 27.75”. 200/250
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980. CASED AMERICAN FOLK FIDDLE Signed in pen on interior “Made by N.W. Henn”, “Springfield, Ohio” and dated 1905. Made from varied woods. Length 23.5”. Leather case with wear. 200/300 981. AMERICAN FOLK FIDDLE Late 19th/Early 20th Century Rectangular body with curved ends and a painted and stained decoration in an overlapping circle design. Multiple irregularly carved small sound holes arranged in a geometric design. Length 24.25”. 400/600 982. AMERICAN FOLK FIDDLE Late 19th/Early 20th Century In spruce and nicely figured bird’s-eye and tiger maple. Tuning pegs carved in the form of Maltese crosses. Length 24”. 300/500 983. AMERICAN FOLK FIDDLE Early 20th Century In cherry in a modified figure-8 box construction. Length 22.5”. 200/250 984. RARE EARLY ELECTRIC FIDDLE Early 20th Century Oak body. Interior electric mechanism and four exterior attachments, presumably used for hooking up instrument to an amplifier. Length 23.5”. 200/400 985. AMERICAN FOLK FIDDLE Late 19th/Early 20th Century Made from varied woods, some of which with exceptional figuring. Scroll piece carved in the form of a dog with a square knop on the top of its head. Length 23.75”. 800/1,200
989. AMERICAN FOLK FIDDLE Early 20th Century Body with bright finish. Length 23.5”. 150/200 990. FOUR PRIMITIVE AMERICAN FOLK STRINGED INSTRUMENTS 20th Century Two fiddles and two ukuleles. Lengths from 13.5” to 20.25”. 200/250 991. AMERICAN FOLK FIDDLE Late 19th/Early 20th Century Labeled on interior “D.W. Johnson Mass”. Body under a dark stain shows crazing. Nicely carved scroll piece. Length 24.5”. 100/200 992. AMERICAN FOLK FIDDLE 20th Century Made from unfinished wood in an unconventional square form with a flat back. Includes original bow. Length 21”. 150/200 993. THREE AMERICAN FOLK FIDDLES Early 20th Century All made from varied woods, two with natural finish and one with medium brown finish. Lengths from 22.25” to 23.5”. 200/400 994. AMERICAN FOLK FOUR-STRING INSTRUMENT Early 20th Century In unstained cherry in a narrow rectangular form. Length 24.5”. 250/350 995. AMERICAN FOLK FIDDLE Early 20th Century Simple wooden construction of a shaped top and back, and single-piece shallow sides. Primitive pine head and neck. Length 30”. 200/250
986. CIGAR BOX FOLK VIOLIN Early 20th Century Body with two modified f-holes and two additional sound holes along corner edges. Primitive scroll piece with large tuning pegs. Length 23”. 250/350
996. AMERICAN FOLK FIDDLE Early 20th Century Top with modified f-holes and multiple other holes. Heavy paper sides. Chiseled bottom board. Length 26.5”. 150/250
987. AMERICAN FOLK MANDOLIN-STYLE TEN-STRING INSTRUMENT 20th Century Body made from an armadillo shell with wooden top. Solid wooden head and neck. Polychrome geometric wood inlay at head and along edge of body. Length 25.5”. 300/500
997. TWO AMERICAN FOLK FIDDLES First Half of the 20th Century Both with wooden bodies with a natural finish. One with scroll piece carved in the form of a rooster. Lengths 24.5” and 25.25”. 150/250
988. HOMEMADE UKULELE 20th Century Made from a Stanley Wax can (pre throw-away society). Length 21”. 300/400
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