Lot 64
BY JOHN D'ANGELICO
NEW YORKER/EXCEL MODEL, SERIAL NUMBER 1916, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1953
The 'D'Angelico / New York / Excel' logo and model inlaid in mother-of-pearl to the headstock along with insets to the fingerboard. The maker's logo also engraved to the tailpiece and to the interior with the number '1916'. Fitted with a tortoiseshell style pick guard, a DeArmond pickup, volume and tone dials, and rhythm switch. With original hard shell case.
112cm long
Estimate $12,000 - $15,000
Crazing to varnish overall. Minor dents and loses, consistent with age and use. requires servicing- corrosion visible to frets. pick guard replaced. small part of f hole binding reglued.
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Leonard Joel makes no guarantee of the originality of mechanical or applied components. Absence of reference to such modifications does not imply that a lot is free from modifications.
Originally made for Tom Di Bianco on 14th April 1953, and described as a New Yorker model in the D'Angelico register.
The John Hurlston Collection, Part I
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8313
6:30pm - 7 October 2019
333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra 3141
VIEWING
Viewing
Wednesday 2 October, 9am-8pm
Saturday 5 & Sunday 6 October, 10am-4pm
CONTACT
Chiara Curcio
decorativearts@leonardjoel.com.au
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