Ebay: mandolin art

[jim simpson]

Ebay: not a mandolin but mandolin art. Kind of bizarre but I like it!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Bluegrass-M...mn:rk:159:pf:0

[Mark Gunter]

I think it's very cool.

[Roger Moss]

Inspired, I ran this down. Now I wish I had a garden.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-15-...-/391399849040

[Timbofood]

Owosso isn’t too far from here, I don’t know that I really want one but, it wouldn’t be a bad Sunday afternoon drive to pick it up and leaves are pretty still.

[HonketyHank]

Ebay: not a mandolin but mandolin art. Kind of bizarre but I like it!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Bluegrass-M...mn:rk:159:pf:0

I keep seeing those guys on eBay. I think they are creepy looking. Kind of remind me of something else. Yikes.

[MikeZito]

It's funny that in the original post, the character that looks like some sort of ancient 5th century Saint Patrick inspired Celtic figure is playing an f-style mandolin.

[Jess L.]

It's funny that in the original post, the character that looks like some sort of ancient 5th century Saint Patrick inspired Celtic figure is playing an f-style mandolin.

Maybe he (or the mandolin) is in a time warp.

[pops1]

They have been on ebay for quite a while now. I kind of like them, but not enough to order one.

[Tom C]

I have a few "Lute" type art ive gotten as presents and such. ..Slowly collecting dust in the attic. Not my type and mandolin stuff.

[Jess L.]

... gotten as presents and such. ..Slowly collecting dust in the attic. ...

That's why we enacted a strict "no gifts" policy. Got tired of feeling socially obligated to store, display (or worse, wear) so much well-intentioned yet inappropriate stuff.

The thing is, far too many people invariably inquire about their gifts at some point, like "How's that [item] working out, do you still like it?"

Umm... thinking to myself, whaddaya mean "still", I never liked it in the first place, but of course one can't actually say stuff like that (and still have any friends lol).

The "no gifts" policy saves a lot of headache and hassle, as well as no longer any need to store a bunch of stuff that someone else thought looked cute.

Saves them a lot of money, too. Once people get used to the "no gifts" idea, it's a win/win for everyone.

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CLARIFICATION: The above is generally speaking of gifts in general, but it's *not* intended to be an observation about the mandolin art posted in this thread. Personally, any kind of display art (that doesn't actually perform a function), is not something that I would be interested in owning (I don't like dusting things that I'm not actually using for some purpose), but I will admit that many types of knick-knack art objects *can* be kinda cute to look at, y'know for people who are into that sort of thing anyway.