Fancy Gibson A style

[mrmando]

A3, wildflower inlay, Orville label, Handels, fancy fretboard, well preserved ... anyone had a look at this one?
http://kansascity.craigslist.org/atq/4420833866.html

119188

1907ish, I should think. They want $2.5K, which is a lot for an A3, but this does look like a rare bird.

[Michael Weaver]

That's not that far from where I work. It has been listed for a month. It probably doesn't help that they have it listed in the antiques section instead of the music section.

[goaty76]

I can't quite tell, is that a really dirty darkened natural top or a faded worn blacktop?

Phil

[mrmando]

It's an indoor photo of a natural-top mandolin, shot in insufficient light.