Lyon & Healy, Odell, Valentine Abt, Impressed Logo's 1895-1925 Tortoise Celluloid

     1895-1925 MANDOLIN Picks -- All 7 are Unused!

All hand stamped and hand beveled -no automation was involved in the early years of pick production during the time these were made.

All hand stamped and hand beveled -no automation was involved in the early years of pick production during the time these were made.

1. Herbert Forrest Odell – c. 1900 American Mandolinist who was very popular in the U.S. during time in which the mandolin was the public instrument of choice, not to be surpassed by the guitar for another 30yrs. Internet full of info on him. Takeaways-NONE

2.   B & J – (Buegeleisen and Jacobson). Started in NYC in 1901 as a Musical Instrument Wholesaler. Celluloid places this as their first pick offering with their name on a tortoise style celluloid correlates to a 1895 Howard mandolin Takeaway: very faint imprint not easily seen, but none the less evident with close inspection.                      

Picks 3 thru 5 appear in the same 1904 catalog

Lyon & Healy which is shown for verification

3.   L & H – (Lyon & Healy) Musical Instrument Wholesaler and this pick is in their 1904 catalog as you can see. 

4.   Corrugated Pick –  Seen in the same 1904 Lyon & Healy catalog. It is the first known corrugated pick produced in the U.S. and none other produced thereafter has the same style. Takeaways-NONE

5.   ABT (Valentine Abt) – Also seen in the 1904 Lyon & Healy catalog. Like Odell, he was another highly regarded well known mandolinist. Veriyable via a simple internet search Takeaway. Top of pick was stamped from edge of celluloid sheet causing it to be ever so slightly clipped as can be seen in the photo.

6.   Knackstedt –  3 node patented grip. The paten date appears on the pick. Patent shown as authentication. 

7.   Kork Grip –  Another patented U.S. pick with the patent again shown for purposes of authentication. This one is a second generation variation c. 1924. Takeaways-NONE

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