ANTIQUE W.A.COLE 5 STRING OPEN BACK BANJO

Description

ANTIQUE W.A. COLE 5 STRING OPEN BACK BANJO
W. A. Cole 5 String Banjo, c. 1895, made in Boston, maple rim, mahogany neck with ebony fingerboard. Overall length 34 1/2 inches. The pot measures 11 1/4 inches in diameter. "W.A. COLE MAKER BOSTON MASS." engraved on dowel stick. All 20 hooks and nuts are intact as is what appears to be the original tailpiece.
All five tuning pegs are missing. The nut and the fifth fret are missing and there are some chips in the fingerboard at that missing fret. There is also a very fine hairline crack in the heel and a chip on the back of the top of the headstock.  There is also a hole in the neck at the eighth fret from the bottom (see last two pictures).
This banjo is being sold "
AS IS
" with "
NO RESERVE
"