C3031 Stella Tenor Banjo ...Circa 1930. Short neck open back tenor banjo with thick maple rim and nickel-plated tone ring similar to that of a Vega Little Wonder banjo. 20 brackets. This is a great banjo for playing Irish music - and Dixieland, too! Comes with a 1920s era chipboard case. $475.00

C3030 Stella 5-string banjo ...Circa 1930. Thick maple rim with 38 Brackets. Open back style with removable resonator. Very good original condition. Geared tuners, geared 5-string tuner added. This is an exceptionally fine sounding Stella 5-string banjo, well suited for all old-timey styles: claw hammer, drop-thumb, etc. Comes with high quality "Superior Brand" padded canvas case.  $850.00   RealAudio   MP3

C3019 Stella Tenor Banjo ...Circa 1925. Thin maple shell with 20 brackets. Turned one-piece resonator back with one repaired crack. Engraved "mother-of-toiletseat" (faux pearl) fingerboard.  Comes with a non-original 1920s hard-shell case.  $300.00

C3016 Sovereign Flat Back Mandolin ...Spruce top, mahogany sides and back. Several repaired hairline back cracks. Original finish is in excellent condition. This is an excellent player with a great old-timey sound! No case. $300.00

C3017 Holzapfel & Beitel 12-string Mandola ...Circa 1905. Bowl-back or Neapolitan style mandola with a 9 3/8" top width and 16" scale length. Spruce top, alternating curly maple and rosewood back ribs. The original inlaid pickguard has been extended (most likely by Holzapfel himself). During the late 19th and early 20 centuries, triple course mandolins and mandolas, sometimes called mandriolas, enjoyed a brief popularity. Even today there are some musicians who prefer these instruments to a regular mandolin because of the fuller sound the extra strings provide and because tremolo is easier on a mandriola than on a standard 8-string mandolin or mandola. No case. $1000.00