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Heart Mandolin Used on "Little Queen". This

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Heart Mandolin Used on  Little Queen . This
Heart Mandolin Used on "Little Queen". This beautiful 1977 Martin mandolin is in virtually mint condition, with only 2 minor spots of checking to the finish. It was used on Heart's second album, "Little Queen," which featured that favorite classic, "Barracuda." Howard Leese purchased this instrument new to be used especially for the song "Say Hello." However the fact that it comes with a pickup, and that its original case sports two "Bad Animals" backstage passes, suggests that this instrument toured with Leese at least until 1987. Sometime in the 90's, this mandolin passed to session guitarist Bruce Hastell (Toto, Eagles, Badfinger, Allman Brothers). Comes with letter of authenticity from Leese to Hastell on "Bad Animals" (Heart) stationery. Provenance: ex-Howard Leese, Heart; ex-Bruce Hastell, session guitarist. Important notice: Heritage usually auctions material at the rate of 200-250 lots per hour. On some occasions eBay Live bid software or the Internet may not be able to keep up with the pace of the auction. We recommend placing a realistic absentee bid now as insurance to avoid disappointment. Occasionally the auctioneer may eliminate or reject an eBay Live bid, and the auctioneer may also reopen a lot after the close of the eBay live bidding (usually because we missed an audience bid), and may reject your bid even if it shows you as the winning bidder. By bidding via eBay Live, you agree that Heritage may award the lot to another bidder at its sole discretion under the circumstances described above or any other reasonable circumstances. Since eBay bids are not shown to us until we open the lot on the floor, we treat those bids just like floor bids. In most cases the floor responds before the eBay bid is presented to us, due to Internet lag time, so for consistency we have made it a policy that floor bids are always considered first over tie eBay live bids. Also please note that all Heritage lots purchased through eBay Live carry a 20% Buyer's Premium. Please make sure you read the Terms and Conditions before you bid.