2016 Antoniotsai Lincoln Excellent, GigBag, $1,495.00

Just when you thought it was safe. I’ve seen some unusual stuff in the 50+ years I‘ve been in this business but this one might take the cake. Apparently from a workshop hidden somewhere in Taiwan or buried in the jungles of Viet Nam, and just in time for Lincoln’s birthday (which is not, as many of you millennials may think, on Presidents’ Day), comes what is apparently a once and former Ibanez guitar of some sort, now emblazoned with deep bas-relief iconography of our 16th president, Honest Abe his own self. But wait, there’s more! Not only do we have his striking (!) likeness in gold, but his name and the word “Liberty” in fancy white script, and large images of both the Stars and Bars and the Union flag writ large in 3-D with 1861-1865 between them. And….. representation of both flags are inlaid in genuine mother-of-pearl and abalone shell as fret markers in way more than all the correct places. And……… DRUM ROLL PLEASE….. the Statue of Liberty, her own self, tall and proud on the peghead with her torch raised high above the E-string tuner. You can’t make this stuff up. We came across it in Florida (where else?), couldn’t resist, and brought it back for the true art lovers among you. It’s about to go in our window here on Bleecker Street so be the first. You cannot Trump this. $1495 w/bag