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SOURCE: http://www.iantiqueonline.com Recently I was handed down a mandolin from my grandfather and decided to do some research on the brand (which I knew absolutely nothing about) and the time period in which the mandolin was made. A photo of my new mandolin is shown below: Initially, I had never heard of the 'Kalamazoo' brand before and became interested in doing some research about where and when this instrument was made. Hopefully some of this information will be helpful to someone else as well. After doing a little research I found out that the Kalamazoo brand was created in the early 1900's (more specifically, 1933-42 by Gibson's website) in an effort to produce low-budget musical instruments by the Gibson company

(Oak Park, Ill.) - An important Tiffany Studios table lamp in the Peony pattern is expected to bring $100,000-$150,000 at an Arts & Crafts, Modern and Fine Art Sale slated for Sunday, Dec. 7, at the John Toomey Gallery. The lamp boasts a bronze base with sculpted and applied designs under a fine original patina supporting a leaded glass shade. The shade and base are both signed Tiffany Studios. This is an exceptional example of an iconic lamp, and it will probably be the top lot in a sale that's stacked from top to bottom with quality merchandise, said Don Treadway of Cincinnati. The firm holds sales at John Toomey Gallery in Illinois and Treadway Gallery in Cincinnati

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