Re: Vintage BowlBack Mandolin worth.
I checked on line at the Sanborn Insurance maps for Indianapolis but nothing definitive showed up relative to JM Panden at 21 S. Illinois.
In the 1887 Sanborn, 21 S Illinois is noted as a "dining room" in what looks like part of the "Occidental Hotel". No images of the hotel on line that I could find but a few newspaper notices and the backside of a postcard.
In the 1898 Sanborn, 21 S Illinois is no longer noted as dining room and has a 5 cent theater as a neighbor. The Occidental Hotel is noted as being "partially wrecked".
In the 1914 Sanborn, 21 S Illinois is gone altogether as an address. A new building--from 1914--has been built on the site and the street numbers adjusted. That building is also now gone and a much more recent building occupies the site.
A bit of a dead end. The Sanborn maps can sometimes be lucky resources. I've been able to turn up the series of old Oscar Schmidt buildings in NJ, the old Weymann bldg in Pennsylvania and the Waldo works up in Michigan. Nothing for Panden unfortunately.
Mike is certainly correct that Panden was a dealer not a maker. Wulschner/Regal instruments were likely still operating in 1898 in Indianapolis, so if I had to make a wild guess as to who made this instrument, it would be them.
Mick
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