MrGood Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Howdy, I was wondering how many of you have seen one of these Gibson v-25 violins I've had the pleasure of acquiring and if anyone knew much about them? I know it's a 1939, but that's about all, the serial number is V25-39-4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Very cool! I've not seen one, but saw references in the 1930s and 1940s shipping ledgers while researching my book, Kalamazoo Gals. Thanks for sharing with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skilby54 Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 I've seen several Gibson violins and a few upright basses. I don't think anyone knows very much about them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrGood Posted March 5, 2014 Author Share Posted March 5, 2014 I'd love to have an upright bass too! I don't play violin yet but I thought it was gorgeous and my love of all things Gibson made me have to have it. From my research they were each given a unique serial no. I know of V25-39-4 that the V25 is the model and 39 is the year (first production year) but does that 4 mean I got the 4th one made? At first I thought it was maybe the 4th run but I found a picture of a part of the shipping ledger of the first run from 2/7/39 and it has a couple violins in the small part shown and one is V25-39-2. Which made me think I have the 4th one of that model made. I'm not sure what that's do to value if it is true (not that I care), but I thought that was neat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GarrettH Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 You might find this 1939 Gibson violin catalog entry interesting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joebagi Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 I have my dad’s V25-39-5. Does you know if it has any value? I’m doing estate planning and the subject came up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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