A GILT-DECORATED BLUE-LACQUERED TRUMPET IN B FLAT The Martin Company, Kenosha, Wisconsin, circa 1980 A model T3460 ‘Committee’, the medium bore horn inscribed Miles in gilt script flanked by gilt leafy vine, the bell tube decorated with a scattering of crescent moons and stars and inscribed MARTIN/KENOSHA, WIS/U.S.A. , all on a baked midnight blue epoxy finish, the angled mouthpiece branded GIARDINELLI NEW YORK, SPECIAL , with fitted leather case 21 in. (53.34 cm.) long Provenance Miles Davis (1926-1991) George Benson (b. 1943) Acquired by the present owner at Fine Musical Instruments including The Collection of George Benson , Skinner, Boston, 14 October 2007, lot 26
A GILT-DECORATED BLUE-LACQUERED TRUMPET IN B FLAT The Martin Company, Kenosha, Wisconsin, circa 1980 A model T3460 ‘Committee’, the medium bore horn inscribed Miles in gilt script flanked by gilt leafy vine, the bell tube decorated with a scattering of crescent moons and stars and inscribed MARTIN/KENOSHA, WIS/U.S.A. , all on a baked midnight blue epoxy finish, the angled mouthpiece branded GIARDINELLI NEW YORK, SPECIAL , with fitted leather case 21 in. (53.34 cm.) long Provenance Miles Davis (1926-1991) George Benson (b. 1943) Acquired by the present owner at Fine Musical Instruments including The Collection of George Benson , Skinner, Boston, 14 October 2007, lot 26
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