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Lot 16
JOHN D'ANGELICO, NEW YORK, 1941
AN ARCH-TOP GUITAR, EXCEL
Closed16 December 2021
Price Realised
USD 13,750
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JOHN D'ANGELICO, NEW YORK, 1941
AN ARCH-TOP GUITAR, EXCEL
Inlaid at the headstock D'Angelico / Excel, stamped internally JOHN D'ANGELICO / 1557, ebony fingerboard and bridge, pearl inlay, with original hard-shell case labeled Lifton
Length of back 20 3⁄8 in. (51.8 cm.)
AN ARCH-TOP GUITAR, EXCEL
Inlaid at the headstock D'Angelico / Excel, stamped internally JOHN D'ANGELICO / 1557, ebony fingerboard and bridge, pearl inlay, with original hard-shell case labeled Lifton
Length of back 20 3⁄8 in. (51.8 cm.)
JOHN D'ANGELICO, NEW YORK, 1941
AN ARCH-TOP GUITAR, EXCEL
Inlaid at the headstock D'Angelico / Excel, stamped internally JOHN D'ANGELICO / 1557, ebony fingerboard and bridge, pearl inlay, with original hard-shell case labeled Lifton
Length of back 20 3⁄8 in. (51.8 cm.)
AN ARCH-TOP GUITAR, EXCEL
Inlaid at the headstock D'Angelico / Excel, stamped internally JOHN D'ANGELICO / 1557, ebony fingerboard and bridge, pearl inlay, with original hard-shell case labeled Lifton
Length of back 20 3⁄8 in. (51.8 cm.)
Schmidt, P.W., Acquired of the Angles, Lanham, MD, 1998, p. 162; Tsumura, A., Guitars, The Tsumura Collection, Tokyo, 1987, p. 182.
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