Nice Pictures of your uke..it's an real early model of a tiki gold label, also, I have only seen one gold label soprano tiki, not sure many have been made..Are you really selling it?? let me know..
I notice you have a one piece back with the back extending to the heel too...a true gold label..it's a real nice condition uke..wonder How it made it all the way up there..must have a story to tell.
If you look into the soundhole up towards the neck..the neck block should have the build date on there...I would be intrested to know when it was built too..can you let me know..Mahalo..
MM.. No, there isn't any date information on the neck block or elsewhere, but yes I am selling it. That's not the reason I posted here, I wanted to find out it's value. As for it's provenance... It was bought in Hawaii (I know not when) by my dear friend Ron Whittaker, who's dying breath was to instruct his family to get me to value and dispose of his instruments, record and music collection and his magic props. He was my mentor into the "Magic Circle" of the Mercian Mystics. An avid fan of my band he often visited us when we were resident at the "Castaways" night club. Like Pat and myself, Ron was good friends with the Moe family and visited them in Hawaii.
My task is to get the best possible HOME for his instruments and see that they are in good and caring hands, with this in mind I do NOT propose to place any of them on E-Bay or the likes.
Ron's story can be seen
HERE
As an aside, I had in my possession until last year a Kumalae ukulele
Click to read about it Signed by Jonah Kumalae and made for the PPIE in 1915.
With regard to the Kamaka Concert Ukulele, I will entertain reasonable offers and be delighted to see it 'Go Home' and be loved and played.
Also in my possession are 5 mint condition circulated copies of "The Hawaiian Ukulele" the 50th State Royal Hawaiian Complete Modern Method (D & C Tunings)
by Kealoha Life.
ISBN 0 9506816 1 X
ASIN: 095068161X
EAN: 9780950681610
Published by Ron Whitaker..
One of these is already reserved to whomsoever buys the Kamaka.
This post and it's content will continue to honour my dear friend Ron...
Ka mâlamalama o ke Akua e ho`opuni mai iâ kâkou
Ke aloha o ke Akua e kîpuni mai iâ kâkou
Ka mana o ke Akua e ho`opakele mai iâ kâkou
e alo o ke Akua e mâlama mai iâ kâkou
Ma kahi â kâkou, e hele aku ai he Akua nô
Amene