arpie
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I just checked the Anuenue website because I thought the same thing. It's definitely NOT an Anuenue 1879 model, whatever else it might be. It looks like it could be old, but it's hard to tell from those pictures. I have an old "Mouna Loa" brand koa ukulele that's probably from the '20s which is somewhat similar. I think mine was a mainland-built, rather than Hawaiian-built uke.That body shape and headstock shape is consistent with a Nuñes or Kumalae-style uke, but I would go with probably not. It is probably a copy of a Kumalae, but without a look at the headstock and tuners it is impossible to tell. It could be one of the new Anuenue 1879's, because the tuners look like the Peghed style tuner...but again, that's looking at a very small picture from relatively far away. I would ask the seller to post a close up picture of the headstock, the back of the headstock, the joint of the neck and body, and inside the soundhole. Without that info, I don't think anyone will know anything besides the fact that it looks like a copy of a Kumalae.
Some people can't imagine why anyone would care what it says on an old label. For them it is an ukulele.....which means it is Hawaiian. When I bought several of my vintage ukuleles, the prior owners looked at me sideways when I told them their uke was not made in Hawaii but rather in Chicago (a Regal), Pennsylvania (a Martin), and New York (a Favilla)! The former owner of my Martin swore to me that it was bought in Hawaii so that makes it Hawaiian......I politely handed over my money and told her it was going to a good home!
I actually had a seller insist that their Moana Loa banjo uke was made in Hawaii. I tried explaining that they were made in Chicago, that the banjo uke wasn't really a Hawaiian instrument, but they would not be swayed. "Moana Loa is where they make Macadamia Nuts!" I got it for $57 dollars, what it was worth, but I would have agreed that it was MADE out of Macadamia nuts just to get out of there.