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| Index | Maker | Model | Year | Serial # | Cond | Case | Price | Note | |
| 5408 | A. Lopes | 6-String Banjo | ca 1883 | #none | VG & As Is | ssc | $650 |  | Previously unknown maker, largely original, several interesting features. Made in NYC. |
| 4833 | Bacon & Day | Silver Bell #2 Tenor Banjo | 1924 | #12899 | Exc | hsc | $1900 | | Short-scale, 18 frets, carved heel, silver-plated, round-hole flange |
| 5666 | Bacon & Day | Silver Bell #1 Banjo-Mandolin | 1933 | #23946 | Ex-Fine & Orig | hsc | $2500 | | Killer set-up by the great Vinnie Mondello |
| 5852 | Bacon & Day | Roy Smeck Stage Model Silver Bell #1 Tenr | 1936 | #24942 | VG-Exc | hsc | $1600 | | Gold-sparkle, knee-mute |
| 5540 | Dewick | Tenor Banjo | 1920s | See Note | hsc | $1600 | | Mostly wooden, short-scale tenor with adjustable neck; a rare & felicitous marriage of a banjo & a tea-table. A wealth of marquetry & inlay in very fine original condition with minor repairs. | |
| 5687 | Gibson | Florentine Tenor | ca 1930 | #0263-4 | Ex-Fine & Orig | hsc | $12000 | | 40-hole archtop, carved & painted, gold-plated & engraved |
| 5816 | Gibson | PB-250 Custom Plectrum | 1963 | #61954 | Ex-Fine | hsc | $2995 | | 22-fret plectrum with 23 1/2" scale, Florentine headstock, flathead |
| 5843 | Gibson | MB-2 Mando-Banjo | 1927 | #8544-3 | Ex-Fine | hsc | $995 | | 10 1/2" rim, diamond-flange, diamonds & snowflakes |
| 5904 | Gibson | TB-4 Tenor Banjo | early 1920s | #11537-13 | VG-Exc | hsc | $725 | | 12" hollow-rim, 'snake head' |
| 5918 | Gibson | MB-1 Mando-Banjo | 1926 | #8322-37 | Exc | yes | $650 | | Open-back, large tube tone ring, great action |
| 5842 | Maybell by Slingerland | 'Recording Songster' Tenor | late 1920s | #none | Nearly Perfect | hsc | $895 | | Heavy-duty rim construction, lovely green pyrolin |
| 5658 | Orpheum | #3 Tenor Banjo | ca 1920 | #10xxx | Ex-Fine & Orig | hsc | $1600 | | 17 frets, elaborate floral abalone inlays, carved heel |
| 5891 | Orpheum | #3 Tenor | ca 1920 | #4396 | VG-Exc | hsc | $475 | | 11 1/8" rim, a plain example in mahogany |
| 4636 | Puntolillo | Princess Tenor Banjo | ca 1920 | Exc & Orig | hsc | $695 | | 121/2" rim, short-scale maple neck, massive & heavy tone-ring construction | |
| 5111 | Puntolillo | 'The Bell' Tenor Banjo | ca 1920 | #none | VG-Exc | hsc | $995 | | Carved lion's-head heel, lots of pearl inlays,12" marquetry-laden rim, elaborate tone ring, short-scale |
| 5656 | Slingerland | 'Perfacktone' Tenor Banjo | ca 1920 | #none | Ex-Fine & All-Orig | hsc | $475 | | Open-back with 17-fret walnut neck, abalone inlays, minor playing wear |
| 5224 | Vega | Vegaphone Professional Tenor Banjo | 1928 | #84042 | Ex-Fine | hsc | $1395 | | Pie-section resonator & individual flanges, straight neck, original planet tuners, nice skin head |
| 5225 | Vega | Vegaphone Professional Tenor Banjo | 1928 | #79323 | Ex-Fine | hsc | $1395 | Pie-section resonator & individual flanges, straight neck, original planet tuners, new plastic head | |
| 5544 | Vega | VegaVox IV / I Tenor Banjo | 1960 | #99775 | Ex-Fine | orig hsc | $2050 | | Carved heel, Tu-ba-Phone tone ring, minor fretwear in first position, Pyralin veneered resonator |
| 5743 | Vega | Style M Tu-Ba-Phone Tenor Banjo | 1927 | #77083 | VG-Exc | hsc | $1450 | | 11 13/16" rim, resonator & individual flanges, fingerboard extension over head |
| 5817 | Vega | Style R Whyte Laydie Tenor | 1929 | #85950 | Ex-Fine & Orig | hsc | $1450 | | 19 frets, open-back 10 15/16" rim, planetary geared pegs |
| 5844 | Vega | Vox I Plectrum | 1965 | #A-12344 | Ex-Fine | hsc | $2100 | | Tu-ba-phone tone ring |
| 5850 | Vega | Whyte Laydie #2 Tenor | 1927 | #78175 | Exc | hsc | $1475 | | Engraved gryphon, 17 frets w/ resonator |
| 5804 | Vega/Fairbanks | Style M Tenor Banjo | 1920 | #39891 | Exc | hsc | $1225 | | 10 3/4" rim, 17 frets, old Grovers, spin-on resonator |
| 4982 | Washburn | Style C Tenor Banjo | ca 1920 | #2454 | Ex-Fine | hsc | $425 | | 17-fret tenor banjo, 10 3/4" rim, 20" scale, open-back, neat hardware & special tone-ring |
| 5851 | Washburn | Style A Tenor | 1920s | #6903 | Ex-Fine | hsc | $875 | | 17 frets, abalone inlays, voluminous tone ring, S-M planets |