Brad Bechtel
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San Francisco, CA
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Posted 5 Nov 2012 9:35 am |
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I saw this message from Margaret Lay-Dopyera on the resoguit-l Google group.
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Greetings to all our resonator friends!
You are likely aware that my husband, John E. Dopyera, across the years since his father's death in 1988 has sought a museum interested in the purchase and display of the collection of instruments from the last shops of John and Rudy Dopyera.
You may recall that these instruments along with other "last shop" furniture and artifacts were exhibited in Syracuse in 1988 and at the Erie Art Museum in 2000.
For a period of time the instrument collection was featured and offered for sale by Elderly Instruments. Keeping the collection together seemed desirable but that has not worked out.
Now, the instruments are to be sold separately by auction at Christie's in NYC on November 27, 2012. The one instrument from the original set to be withheld from the sale is the resonator violin. The instruments to be sold are, as follows:
DOBRO - A 12-STRING RESONATOR GUITAR CA, C.1974
DOBRO - A RESONATOR GUITAR LOS ANGELES, C. 1932-34
NATIONAL - A RESONATOR TENOR GUITAR, LOS ANGELES, CA, C.1929
DOBRO - A RESONATOR MANODLIN, HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA, C.1970
SAFARI - A RESONATOR MANDOLIN, HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA. C. 1970
NATIONAL – A TRICONE UKEULELE, STYLE 2 VARIENT, LOS ANGELES, c. 1928-29
RUDY DOPYERA - AN ELECTRIC-ACOUSTIC BASS, CA, CIRCA 1975
DOBRO – AN ELECTRIC LAP STEEL GUITAR, LOS ANGELES, C.1936
DOBRO – AN ELECTRIC-ACOUSTIC HAWAAIIAN LAP STEEL GUITAR, C. 1970
RUDY DOPYERA – TWO BALALAIKAS, CA, C. 1973
Revenues from the sale of the instruments will be distributed to the grandchildren of John Dopyera (as per his wish).
To observe or participate in this sale, go online at www.christies.com The catalogue of the sale is available on the website. The Dopyera instruments are lot numbers 31-40.
Additional Dopyera shop artifacts and assorted vintage parts and print materials have been retained but will be made available at a later time.
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Here are the instruments.
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