View Full Version : help me identify these mandos
Hi all, I have two bowl back mandos that I would like some info on. Anything I can find out would be aprecieated. Make,model,value year...Please see photos: Thanks - padl -107628107629107630107631107632107633107634
Jim Garber
Oct-04-2013, 2:25pm
The first looks very similar to this B&J Victoria mandolin (http://www.ebay.com/itm/MG-ESTATE-ANTIQUE-8-STRING-VICTORIA-B-J-BOWL-BACKED-MANDOLIN-CASE-/380734173565?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item58a586717d) currently on eBay.
The second is obviously a Stella mandolin, rather low end by the painted-on pickguard and minimal number of ribs on the bowl.
MikeEdgerton
Oct-04-2013, 3:35pm
The Stella mandolin was made by the Oscar Schmidt Company of Jersey City, NJ. The Stella brand name was later purchased by the Harmony Company of Chicago, Ill. Your mandolin precedes that. IT would have been an entry level model, a student grade instrument. ARe they family heirlooms?
Mike, yes they are. Not mine thoe..a friends. Thanks so much guys for the info. - padl -