Hey Folks,
I'm a banjoist and guitar player and I've acquired many old parts over the years. I don't know mandolins terribly well beyond A/F Styles and some of the modern makers. I have a fairly big inventory of vintage tuners, all from/for A style mandolins of the 1910s/20s. My nicest set is like these (genuine MOP buttons, arrowhead ends) but no engraving. They had a hangtag as being from a 1910s Gibson Mando-Banjo:
http://www.stewmac.com/Hardware_and_...arl_Knobs.html
Anyway, I have many others. I'm not looking to gouge anyone but really am trying to get some idea if any of these are worth money to mandolin collectors/builders. Coming from banjos, we like to reuse all this stuff, and the good old stuff is esp coveted.
Many thanks for any thoughts.
Blake
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