Age of this F4 case?

[Steve Stahl]

Can anybody tell me the vintage of this F4 (or F7 or F10)case? A 1919 whiteface A3 was living in it.
Thanks!

[Steve Stahl]

Try again.

[fatt-dad]

I have no idea but would give you a hundered bucks for it (I guess. . . . )

f-d

[Darryl Wolfe]

Wow, those are rare as heck. They were available up until the F-5 was introduced 1922-1923. They redesigned the case to fit the F-5 and discontinued that one. The one's I've seen were of the later teens period. It was last listed in a 1923 pricelist

[Darryl Wolfe]

One of two I've seen, yours makes 3. #I think this is a 1917 F-4 (by memory)

[danb]

Agree with Darryl. That's a very unusual case- almost nobody ordered them. I believe I have 4 records of them in total. Rare & cool!

[Dave Reiner]

Dan -

Could you point us to your 4 records of that kind of case? Maybe by serial # ...

What do you think it might be worth?

Thanks,

Dave

[danb]

+--------+-------+------+
| serial | model | year |
+--------+-------+------+
| 11051 | F4 | 1912 |
| 40086 | F4 | 1918 |
| 22712 | F4 | 1915 |
| 10132 | F2 | 1911 |
+--------+-------+------+


Value is hard to say. Nice condition A cases fetch around $250, F cases 300-350.. I offered the owner (a dealer) $500 but was told the price was $1500 firm.

[ellisppi]

sorta off topic but this sure is an interesing banjo case
ebay 150029343552

[Darryl Wolfe]

Not off topic a bit. It's surely made by the same manufacturer during the same period. I've never seen anything like it

[Ken Waltham]

I have certainly never seen anything like that, either. That is really cool. Is the holding straps for the extra calf skin head part of the original package? Sure looks like it is...
I guess you would need to carry an extra in those days...

While we're on weird cases, made by Geib and others, look at this, at my luthier's shop. Made in NYC.