Washburn/Lyon&Healy Mandola(?) on ebay

**Richard Singleton** · Mar-02-2009, 12:51pm

Sure do love the looks of this one, wish I could afford it!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=230328476592

**MANDOLINMYSTER** · Mar-02-2009, 8:58pm

That sure is a beaut:

**Eddie Sheehy** · Mar-02-2009, 10:11pm

The damage at the tailpiece looks unsettling... Must be a Mandola at that scale - almost 16". Strange he says the pickguard is made out of Ebony - my L&H style A had a vulcanised rubber pickguard with the same pat. date on it. This instrument should fetch a pretty penny.

**mrmando** · Mar-03-2009, 12:44am

Collectors won't want it because of the damage. Could be a pretty dicey repair. Whoever buys it will have to lay out a few smackers to have it fixed. The price might stay within reason -- we'll see.

**delsbrother** · Mar-03-2009, 1:14am

Didn't one of the big dealers (MBros?) have one of these with the same dark brown finish? IIRC it had a thinned neck, but was otherwise similar. Are there L&H mandolins with this finish?

**Eddie Sheehy** · Mar-03-2009, 9:48pm

I don't know if that price is "within reason" because of the damage....

**Jim Garber** · Mar-03-2009, 10:32pm

I don't know, I have seen Gibsons with that warped rim and they are repairable ... doesn't look that bad too me, fixable and worth putting the money into such an instrument. No doubt that would devalue the instrument some but I still think it is no deal killer as far as I can figure.

The weak point of these is the neck joint and this one, at least from the photos, looks good. IMHO this is not an unreasonable starting price and I predict that this will go to at least $3000 or even more. Style A mandolins go for $4000 and up nowadays, and this is much rarer. We shall see...

**Eddie Sheehy** · Mar-03-2009, 10:41pm

Style A mandolins may have gone for $4,000 in days of yore - pre economy meltdown - but I sold one recently for considerably less than that and it had been on the market awhile... The L&H mandolin Style A on Ebay is currently at under a grand.... and is in much better condition....depending on the cracks in the neck....

**mrmando** · Mar-04-2009, 2:04am

I should think it reasonable to pay the starting bid (~$2K) for the mandola and then spend $500-750 having it put right. But we'll see.

**Bob A** · Mar-04-2009, 9:59pm

These things are scarce as hen's teeth. In days of yore you could always find a style A mandolin for sale somewhere, but this is maybe the third mandola I've seen, ever.

The repair is not a major deal, I wouldn't think. If I had any money I'd be chasing this one.