Can you tell me anything about this mandolin?

[megnmax]

I picked this up at a yard sale a few years ago and haven't really done much with it, so I was planning to sell it at my own yard sale. I think it's Russian from the writing on the label, but am not entirely sure. It feels very lightweight and kind of cheap, but I don't know if that's because it is or because I don't know what I'm talking about :redface: Any ideas on whether it has any sort of value beyond the $20-30 I'm planning to ask for it at the yard sale?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/cjbug/mandolin2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/cjbug/mandolin1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/cjbug/mandolin3.jpg

Thanks!

meg

[MikeEdgerton]

It appears to be Russian as you thought, the dot on the third fret is one of the tell-tale marks as well as the label. It's not worth a whole lot.

[billkilpatrick]

looks nice though. great toes!

[Jim Garber]

The only word I can make out (I can read cyrillic letters phonetically only) is that it was made or sold in Leningrad (the word on the bottom). The other words I can't quite make out. I agree with Mike -- not worth a lot but have fun with it.