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Sale 19226 - The Eric Clapton sale of Guitars and Amps in aid of the Crossroads Centre, 9 Mar 2011
New York and California, Los Angeles


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Lot No: 20
A circa 1920s G Houghton & Sons Melody Major Mandolin-banjo,
eleven-inch vellum head, wood rim, metal tailpiece, seventeen fret fingerboard with mother-of-pearl dot inlay, headstock facing with metal plate with upside down Melody Major logo, also embossed in gold colored metal with a lion's head and BRITISH MADE, maple bridge with a fret saddle, brass tuners with bone buttons and sixteen tension hooks; and a black softshell carrying case with handwritten label


Sold for $3,904 inclusive of Buyer's Premium

Footnote:
Eric Clapton acquired this Mandolin-banjo in the late 1970s / early 1980s.








 
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