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Last updated 2/24/2025
Last updated 2/24/2025
Year Serial # Model Drum Scale Neck Nut Fretboard Frets Brackets Pegheads Tailpiece Heel Stamps Neck URL Notes JB Sold for Date Asking Images Source
          Length Width     Hooks Pegs   details and Tags Wood     Cards       Attribution Text data
                                             
                                             
gap 20,000 - 49,999                                          
after 1898 above 50,000                                          
  50000 Custom Banjeaurine                           overstamped 51000, had only the number on the stick since it had marquetry inside rim, possibly unique gargoyle or gryphon heel carving, engraved butterflies on peghead, rim engraving, turnbuckle, sold to Tsumara, listed as 51000 in his book.           Jim Bollman
  50014                 fleur-de-lis                 2008     Jim Bollman
  50023 20th Century           22 24     Lightly carved, ebony cap Tag   reverb     $1,133.86     Robert Hasleder  
  50028 20th Century                                 2014     Jim Bollman
  50038 Special Thoroughbred                                       Jim Bollman
  50042 Special Thoroughbred No. 75 11"         22 28 Patent pegs Common sense with rosette       Bonhams Skinner Could also be a No. 3.   Overview   $2,726.00 10/10/10   Shawn McSweeny  
  50061 Solo Banjeaurine No. 1 11" 20"     ebony 20 24     Lightly carved Pot back maple Archon Library Accession no: 2017.1209154.007 neck adjuster           Sousa Archives, Scott Schwartz
  50071 Special Thoroughbred                         BHO post Bollman to Tsumura to Katz            
  50076 Special Thoroughbred                         BHO member              
  50102 Special Banjo 10 1/2"       ebony 20 24 Grover Elite Lightly carved, ebony cap Special tag cherry Reverb Kangaroo skin head, adjustable neck brace     4/2/24 1,359.17 Aaron Wales  
  50127 Banjo Banjeaurine 10" 21 1/2"       22 24 Celluloid pegs   lightly carved heel with ebony cap Dowel   BHO neck brace   $700.00 42612   J C Bryant JC Bryant
  50162 Special Thoroughbred No. 40 10 5/8" 26 1/2"       22 28 Patent pegs   Carved heel with ebony cap Pot back   musicfolk neck brace, birdseye maple pot   $2,500.00 45258   musicfolk  
  50224 Special Thoroughbred No. 40                   Carved heel ebony cap Dowel   Collectors Weekly              
  50226 Orchestra Presentation           20 30 Patent pegs Common sense with rosette carved heel, ebony cap Tags   Skip Sail Presented to Authur R. Gray by H. B. Chase, featured in the big Tsmura book,on page 188.  Serial number was under the plaque commemorating the presentation         Skip Sail  
  50297 Special Thoroughbred 10 1/2" 26 1/4"       22 28     Carved heel, ebony cap, brace       Overview         Shawn McSweeny  
  50317                 Patent pegs Common sense with rosette Carved heel, ebony cap     BHO Forum Neck brace, marquetry inside pot         Stuart Cartwright  
  50324 Special Thoroughbred No. 40               Patent pegs Common sense with rosette Carved heel, ebony cap Dowel   ebay/BHO neck brace     5/7/15   Charles Noyes  
  50329 Special Thoroughbred No. 40 10 1/2"         22 28 Patent pegs   Carved heel with ebony cap Stamps and tags cherry reverb Conrad's Closet Has 692 stamped on the head side of the perch pole, neck brace, birdseye maple pot     12/13/23 2,830.00 Matthew Conrad  
  50355 American Princess                         BHO member              
  50396 Universal Favorite No. 1 11"       ebony 20 20 Patent pegs Common Sense without rosette ebony cap   cherry BHO 3 1/4" deep rim (from Stewart catalog) , neck brace, Elite tailpiece on banjo now   $700.00 40138      
  50419 Champion No. 3 11 1/2" 26"       20 28                       Shawn McSweeny  
  50498 Special Thoroughbred No. 40               Patent pegs         Bob Smakula           Bob Smakula  
  50592 Special Thoroughbred No. 40 11" 27"       22 28 Patent pegs   Carved heel with ebony cap Stamps and Tags   BHO Curly maple rim, neck brace   $1,700.00 2/19/2021   Kevin Enoch  
  50645 Special Thoroughbred 11" 27"       22 28   Elite Carved heel Pot back maple, multiple laminations Archon Library Accession no: 2017.1209154.002 There is a metallic headbrace and a laminated heel as well as a pressure brace on the bracket of the wedge type.           Sousa Archives, Scott Schwartz
  50657 American Princess 10" 24"     ebony 20 20 Patent pegs Common sense with rosette ebony cap Pot back cherry BHO neck brace   $750.00 41407   J Steinman  
  50720 Special Thoroughbred No. 40 11" 27"     ebony 22 28         cherry George Aslaender for Retrofret Vintage Guitars           George Aslaender for Retrofret Vintage Guitars  
  50734 Special Thoroughbred No. 75           19 30 Patent pegs   Carved heel, ebony cap Pot inside               John Yerxa BHO  
  50801 Special Thoroughbred No. 40 10 1/2" 26.6"     ebony 22 28 Patent pegs Handmade silver welded steel Carved heel Dowel cherry Reverb Custom build by Stewart.  Has lugs to attach the hooks rather than a groove in the tension hoop, with the hardware likely sourced from Washburn     3/25/24 2,950.00 Steven's Modularium  
  50834 Universal Favorite No. 1 11" 27"     ebony 20 20 Patent pegs Elite ebony cap     George Aslaender for Retrofret Vintage Guitars neck brace         George Aslaender for Retrofret Vintage Guitars  
  50891 American Princess 10" 24 3/8"       20 20         cherry   Overview         Shawn McSweeny  
  50995 20th Century                         BHO member              
  51023 Universal Favorite No. 1           22 20 Patent pegs Common Sense without rosette ebony cap Pot tag   Michaan's Auctions neck brace   $425.00 1/20/23   Michaan's Auctions  
  51032 Universal Favorite No. 1           20 24 Patent pegs   Lightly carved with ebony cap     Wilson55 neck brace   £300 10/25/18   Wilson55  
  51045 Special Thoroughbred No. 40           22 28 Patent pegs   Carved heel with ebony cap Pot back   Lakeshore Event Center neck brace   $800.00 6/3/23   Lakeshore Event Center  
  51117 20th Century           19 24 Patent pegs   lightly carved heel with ebony cap     BHO classified neck brace, not the same peghead as pictured on the woodcut in the 1904 catalog   $425.00 8/23/12   Warren Nelson  
  51214 Special Thoroughbred No. 40             28       Pot inside   BHO Forum           Bony Fingers  
  51259 Solo Banjeaurine No. 3 10"         22 30   Common Sense without rosette                   Shawn McSweeny  
  51446 Special Thoroughbred 10 1/2" 26 1/4"       22 28   Common Sense with rosette         Overview         Shawn McSweeny  
  51533 Special Thoroughbred 10 1/2" 26"       22 28   Common Sense without rosette                   Shawn McSweeny  
  51557 Universal Favorite No. 1         ebony 22 20 Patent pegs Common Sense without rosette       tennants     £500 6/26/2010   Tennants  
  51601 Special thoroughbred Presentation                   Carved heel, ebony cap                    
  51677 American Princess 10 1/4" 24"             Common Sense without rosette                      
  51703 Lady Stewart No. 2                         ebay              
  52353 Lady Stewart No. 1 9"   16"   ebony 20 20 Patent pegs   ebony cap Pot back   BHO no neck brace   $650.00 44241      
  52359 American Princess             20 Patent pegs   ebony cap Inside pot   BHO neck brace, rosewood inside pot   $900.00 39570      
  52966 Special Thoroughbred No. 40           22 28 Patent pegs   Carved heel, ebony cap Tag   Full Circle Music       1/20/24 2,900.00 Mitch Kopp  
  52976 20th Century               Patent pegs Common sense with rosette   Pot tags   BHO neck brace            
  53184 Special Thoroughbred               Patent pegs Common sense with rosette Carved heel Pot stamps and tag   BHO engraved spunover rim   $800.00 42713      
  53215 American Princess 10" 24.5" 17"     20 20 Patent pegs Common sense with rosette ebony cap Stamps andTag               John Chapman BHO  
  53228 Special Thoroughbred No. 40 10 1/2" 26 1/4"   1 1/4"   22 28 Patent pegs Common sense with rosette Carved heel with ebony cap   cherry elderly neck brace     45258 2,750.00 elderly  
  53779 Universal Favorite No. 1           22 20 Patent pegs Repro common sense with rosette ebony cap Pot back   BHO adjustable brace         Jolly Rogers  
  54073                             "America's Instrument, The Banjo in the Nineteenth Century", on color plate 3-2            
  54082 Lady Stewart 10 3/4" 25"       21 20           Tremont Auctions       10/27/24 400.00    
  54193   10 1/2"         20 24 Peghead back   Carved heel, ebony cap Stamps cherry ebay           ebay seller  
  54303 Universal Favorite No. 1           22 20 Patent pegs Common Sense without rosette ebony cap Pot tag   Ralph Fontaine Heritage Auctions neck brace   $650.00 44829   Ralph Fontaine Heritage Auctions  
  54479 6 String No. 1 11" 24"       18 24                       Shawn McSweeny  
  56458 Universal Favorite 10 1/2" 26 1/4" 19"     22 20 Patent Pegs Elite   Pot Inside   BHO member A 10 1/2" UF rather than the specified 11" for these.         Leigh Prickett  
  56954 Special Thoroughbred No. 40           22 28 Patent pegs   Carved heel with ebony cap Stamps tags   BHO neck brace   $1,350.00 43705      
  57049 Banjo Banjeaurine 10" 21"       22 24   Elite Lightly carved maple Pot back   Archon Library Accession no: 2017.1209154.016 rosewood pot, neck adjuster           Sousa Archives, Scott Schwartz
  57098 5 string           22 24/RSH       Dowel   craigslist              
  57112 Thoroughbred 12" 27 5/8"   1 1/4"   19 30 Patent pegs Elite "Lynbrooks" Carved heel, ebony cap Dowel tag   BHO serial number overstamped on pot 57312, neck brace, inlay on peghead is unusual, and the peghead shape is what is used on the Champion Presentation.  Thoroughbred tag rather than Special Thoroughbred tag as is on others of this period   $1,200.00 44898   David Politzer  
  57113 Thoroughbred 12" 28"       19 30   Common Sense without rosette     Rosewood             Shawn McSweeny  
  58026 American Princess 10 1/4" 24 1/2"     ebony 20 20 Patent pegs   ebony cap   cherry George Aslaender for Retrofret Vintage Guitars neck brace         George Aslaender for Retrofret Vintage Guitars  
  58282 Special Thoroughbred 10 1/2"         22 28 Patent pegs Elite Carved Heel, ebony cap     BHO Forum              
  59148 Lady Stewart 9" 22 1/2"   1 1/4" ebony 20 20 Champion Common sense with rosette ebony cap   cherry George Aslaender for Retrofret Vintage Guitars 2 1/4" deep rim         George Aslaender for Retrofret Vintage Guitars  
  59570 American Princess 10"   17"     20 20 Patent pegs Common Sense without rosette   Pot stamp tag   B. S. Slosberg, Inc. neck brace, light floral carving on back of neck   $190.00 10/25/2010   B. S. Slosberg, Inc.  
  60026 Special Thoroughbred 11" 27"       22 28       Pot Tags   ebay       7/2/2024 1,500.00    
  60147 Special Thoroughbred 10" 24 3/8"                     BHO member              
  6050x American Princess 10"         20 20             Last digit illegible   $565.00 6/7/2009      
  61694 Special Thoroughbred No. 40           22 28 Patent pegs     Tag   BHO           Curt Kauss  
  62758 Cello banjo 16" 28"       16 36 slot head tuners   ebony cap     billsbanjos neck brace         Bill Destler  
  63505 20th Century           22 24 Patent pegs   Carved heel with ebony cap     billsbanjos neck brace, gold plated hooks and nuts         Bill Destler  
  63920 Universal Favorite No. 3 11" 27"       22 30     Carved heel, ebony cap     sprucetree Wil said that this is one of two he has had, and that this one is 63920.  Has the fretboard and peghead design of the Special Thoroughbred No. 60         Spruce Tree Music  
  63982 Special Thoroughbred Presentation 11" 27"       22 30   Common Sense with rosette         2 1/2" deep pot, Overview         Shawn McSweeny  
  64803 20th Century                         BHO              
  65470 American Princess                                       Spruce Tree Music
  65951 Universal Favorite           22 20 Patent pegs Common sense with rosette ebony cap Stamps   ebay 12/12/23 neck brace     45258 950.00 Fargo's Place  
  66472 Pony Concert No. 1                         ebay       1/19/25 1,799.99    
  68403 20th Century           22 24 Patent pegs Common Sense without rosette   Pot stamps and tag   BHO member Cut into a plectrum neck at some point         tdennis  
  68816 Special Thoroughbred No. 40 10 1/2" 26 1/2"       22 28   Common Sense without rosette   Pot back   BHO     $1,100.00 44583   Miller Mc  
  68818 Special Thoroughbred 10 1/2" 24 5/8"                     BHO member              
  68900 Little Wonder Piccolo Banjo 7"         17 20           worthpoint           ebay seller  
1900 69404 Special Banjo           22 30 Patent pegs Common Sense without rosette Carved heel, ebony cap     billsbanjos Neck brace.  Acme/Bruno released a banjo that is pretty much identical to this, but with a Bruno logo on the peghead, inserted instead of some of the MOP inlay Stewart did.  https://stutzmansguitarcenteronline.com/product/bruno-s-s-stewart-banjo         Bill Destler  
  70610 Universal Favorite 11" 27"     rosewood 22 22   Common Sense without rosette   Pot back maple Archon Library Accession no: 2017.1209154.018             Sousa Archives, Scott Schwartz
  70754 Special Thoroughbred No. 60           21 30 Patent pegs Elite Carved heel, ebony cap Pot back   billsbanjos Marquerty inside rim as done on the No. 100, but fretboard inlay is the No. 60, neck brace         Bill Destler  
  70868 Special Thoroughbred No. 60 11" 27"   1 1/2"           Peony carved heel     Bernunzio Marquerty inside rim as done on the No. 100, but fretboard inlay is the No. 60, neck brace       2,000.00 Bernunzio  
  70985 Special Thoroughbred No. 40           22 28 Patent pegs   Carved heel, ebony cap Stamps   liveauctioneers Revere Auctions neck brace   $750.00 7/27/22      
  71402 Universal Favorite 11 1/2" 27"     rosewood 22 20   Crown type ebony cap Stamps maple Archon Library Accession no: 2017.1209154.004 maple pot, neck adjuster           Sousa Archives, Scott Schwartz
  71499 Banjo Mandolin           11 20       Pot back   BHO Forum              
  71686 Universal Favorite                         Manchester Music Mill       12/25/2024 999.00    
  71841 Special Thoroughbred No. 40 11" 24"       22 28 Patent pegs Common Sense without rosette Carved heel, ebony cap Dowel tag   ebay           ebay seller  
  72098                                         John Hoft
  72351 Special Thoroughbred No. 40         ebony 22 28 Patent pegs   Carved heel, ebony cap Tag cherry vintageamerican       1/24/24 2,950.00    
  72743                       Dowel and tag   ebay              
  72891 Banjeaurine, modified or custom 11"         15 24 Patent pegs   No cap     Medford Craigslist decal inside rim, made like a banjeaurine but with the fretboard cut off at the pot and 15th fret.            
  73056 Special Thoroughbred No. 40           22 28 Patent pegs Common Sense without rosette Carved heel, ebony cap Stamps and tags   Schultz Auctioneers     $700.00 44526      
  73093 Solo Banjeaurine 11" 20"       20 24   Common Sense without rosette                   Shawn McSweeny  
  73307 Special Thoroughbred No. 60 11" 27"       22 30 Patent Pegs Common sense with rosette Carved heel, ebony cap Serial   BHO member 2 1/2" deep pot            
  7332x Special Thoroughbred 11" 27"       22 28   Common Sense with rosette                      
  73331 Special Thoroughbred 11" 27"                                   Jim Bollman
  85412 Universal Favorite           22 20 Patent pegs     tag   Karen Olsen Blueberry Hills Galleries adjustable neck brace   $425.00 11/15/14      
  86825 6 string banjo                           marquetry inside the rim, a carved heel , 12" x 28" and fancy grade three inlays           Jim Bollman