58.      $375

Waltham Watch Co. banjo, 1932-1938.    This is a 41-inch case with an uncommon red crackle paint finish and gilt crossbanding that was offered on a limited number of models.  It holds a platform escapement 8-day, time-only movement that is signed “Waltham Watch Co” and is also used in their three-quarter-size banjo.  Although a repair receipt shows that the platform movement was repaired in 2006, I was not able to get the movement to run.  The iron dial has the original paint (with touch-up around the winding arbor) and original hands and is signed, the dial glass is convex.  I believe both reverse-painted glasses are original, the tablet showing the Boston State House.  It appears that the veneer on the upper portion of the case was repaired and repainted.  I can’t find that Horton’s has sold a lever movement Waltham banjo and I couldn’t find a recent sale of this model elsewhere.  $400-$600.