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Style 6 was Gibson's highest numbered style and was available with either gold sparkle or checkered trim. Our tenor Style 6 would have cost its original $300 in 1931.
Next came the Bella Voce, with lyre and horn relief-carved onto the resonator. Our 6-string Bella Voce GB (guitar banjo) was priced at $400 when it was new in 1928.
The Florentine was fancier still, featuring a fingerboard of engraved and tinted pearloid. Our 1931 plectrum model was $450 new. (Only the All American at $550 topped these models in the Gibson line.)
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JE2847 Gibson TB-6 tenor, 1931, EXF, gold sparkle trim, original lightweight low-profile flat-head tone ring, HC......$3250
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JA5618 Gibson GB-Bella Voce 6-string guitar banjo, 1928, VG++, 40-hole raised-head tone ring, two-pice flange, elaborate carving and painting on neck and resonator, fancy neck inlay, an extremely rare instrument, the ultimate guitar banjo, OHC.....$17500
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JE2851 Gibson PB Florentine plectrum, 1931, VG+, neck cracked and reglued at heel, original heavyweight high-profile flathead tone ring (2 lb, 15.7 oz.), white holly finish, 1950s Gibson HC......$45000
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