Re: Help identify my grandfather's Weymann mandolin
This website offers a guide to "Weymann serial numbers and dating," but it starts with Ser.#5000 in the year 1905. Since Weymann apparently was founded around 1864, the company could have been building instruments well before 1900.
This theory, which is based on guesswork and insufficient information, would place #1752 as being probably in the 1890's. Take it for what it's worth (not too much...).
As to value, it has family value as an heirloom, modest market value. Weymann mandolins are somewhat of an "off" brand, other than their mandolutes which are somewhat in demand. Bowl-backs, probably not so much. I'd definitely price it under $300, though it is in good condition and by a recognized American maker.
Allen Hopkins
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