I was born and raised in the entertainment industry I have worked for a lot of musicians built bars and nightclubs set up lots and lots of instruments this one is absolutely beautiful it is almost a sin that it was not played as much as it should've been I can tell this by looking at the case. The serial number and the tuning book with it is from the 50s as pictured the serial number is 0665 the noted phone numbers on the tuning book are definitely from the 50s I'm not quite sure who is the original owner I bought this at a storage locker auction. Leonard Collins Junior it looks like most of this stuff has been sitting for 20 years just by the dust I had to remove to get to the case. The handle disintegrated at the pressure points it is in the case. The money from the sale is being donated to Molly's house AA. A recovery house that I do a lot of work for as a volunteer. It is a 501(c)(3) so you can use this money as a tax deduction. Thank you Terry Rankin