Lot 006 - Vintage Gretsch Clarophone Banjo Ukulele Banjolele With Folk Art Drawing On Head Of Cartoon Man Playing Instrument, Includes Canvas Carrying Bag, Circa 1930s, 20-3/4" L

Lot 006 - Vintage Gretsch Clarophone Banjo Ukulele Banjolele With Folk Art Drawing On Head Of Cartoon Man Playing Instrument, Includes Canvas Carrying Bag, Circa 1930s, 20-3/4" LVintage Gretsch Clarophone banjo ukulele banjolele, circa 1930s, featuring a folk art ink drawing on the head depicting a cartoon man strumming a banjolele with handwritten notes surrounding the figure. Instrument is unstrung and untested. Condition includes wear from age and handling, beginnings of tears forming around the head, and one missing tension hook that secures the head to the rim. Some separation in wood. No strings present. Includes canvas

Height from floor to top of lift-top (opened): 48"

best known as the author of Peter Parley’s Tales

The Shoulder Joint is opened and the Superficial Muscles of the Arm and Scapula have been removed

" "Mother Goose Jingles

Pre-Auction Notes: Poor overall condition with a missing arm

Please note that Volume 1 is in poor condition and is heavily warped

” featuring a graphic of a grandmother holding a spoon

Antique Continental European miniature cameo painting depicting a young girl and her mother in an embrace

Latch can be hard to open

with a tombstone bearing a German inscription dedicated to Isaac Kehn (1820–1853)

Here is an awesome hand painted vintage porcelain smoker ashtray that features the head of an old man in a hat with glasses and a blonde mustache in the middle of a sneeze

Medallion tests as sterling silver and is of minimal weight