Gibson F-5 Mandolin 1927 Cremona Sunburst

Gibson F-5 Master Model Serial # 85202, FON 9411 2nd owner Traditional date: 1927 Spann date: May 1929 One of 7 known to exist from 9411 batch -Undocumented and unknown until Early 2019 -Purchased from original owner’s family in March 2019 -Original owner was classical mandolinist from Greenwich Village area of New York, New York who died in 1992 -Untouched for at least 27 years, 1992-2019 -All original hardware (except tailpiece cover), bridge, pickguard, frets, and fretboard still intact -Back seam repair by original owner -Original case is Loar style Rectangle case with Red interior -Replica engraving on James Tailpiece by Tim Wells (May 2019) original still with it -original tuning machines on mandolin and work great. New Waverly tuning machines retrofitted and Full contact bridge fitted by Lynn Dudenbostal (March 2019) -Radiused Fretboard (Tom Ellis) installed and fretted by Jonathan McClanahan (May 2019) -Vintage Wolfe replacement pickguard (April 2019) original guard crystallized Considered one of the cleanest Ferns of this era.