Lyon & Healy at Carter's

**Louise NM** · Apr-14-2023, 3:59pm

This showed up in the classifieds today. Instead of a 1930 Style B, it looks to me like a pre-1920 Style A. If anyone is wanting an L&H, the price is amazing, and it looks to be in good condition. Snap it up!

**mrmando** · Apr-14-2023, 4:10pm

it's long gone.

I don't think it had a label, and that may have led to the misidentification. Carter's made about a $2,000 boo-boo in pricing it.

**Charles E.** · Apr-14-2023, 8:19pm

I did not see the ad but wonder if Carters will honor the sale. I hope so.

**mrmando** · Apr-14-2023, 8:30pm

It shows up as sold on the Carter's site. You can click through to the site from any of their Cafe ads and just buy an instrument directly online.
https://cartervintage.com/shop/lyon-...Z01mriiIPfdm4e

Carter's and/or the consignor will still make the same amount of money they expected to make. It's just that they could have made more. I wouldn't be surprised to see this one again at $4K or above. That's what would happen to it if I had bought it.

**tmsweeney** · Apr-15-2023, 1:28pm

well that was a whole lot of drool all over my shoes for nuthin

**John Soper** · Apr-15-2023, 2:53pm

Yes, somebody did get a deal!

**Highstrings** · Apr-25-2023, 2:55pm

I didn’t see the listing in time. How much did it sell for?

**Jim Garber** · Apr-25-2023, 7:17pm

An MCer grabbed it. Details are in this thread: https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/t...t-Style-B-quot

**mrmando** · Apr-25-2023, 8:56pm

'Twas listed at $2,500. Given that it seems to have a replaced fretboard with a zero fret, perhaps this price wasn't quite as disastrously low as I first thought, but still, I bet it coulda sold for $1K more.