A Solid-Body Electric Guitar, known as Number One Les Paul Model Artist's Prototype, c.1952 (mixed...

Gibson Inc., Kalamazoo, Michigan. Bearing the inlaid and silk screen logo at the headstock, 'Gibson / Les Paul / MODEL', the body of mahogany with laminated maple cap, the bound top with a gold metallic finish, the neck and body of a clear finish, the bound fingerboard with faux-pearl "keystone" inlaid position markers, with a Gibson hard-shell case of the period and a console magnetic tape recorder from the Mahwah, New Jersey recording studio of Les Paul and Mary Ford, Ampex Electric Corporation, Model 307, San Carlos, circa 1954, bearing the manufacture's name plate 'AMPEX ELECTRIC CORPORATION, SAN CARLOS, CALIFORNIA, USA / MODEL 307 / MAGNETIC TAPE RECORDER / 115 V.A.C. 60 CYCLES / AMPS 3.1 / SERIAL NO. 2024', together with a chrome tubed and vinyl bar stool labeled 'MADE BY / L.&B. PRODUCTS CORP./ Hudson, NY 12534', and ink stamped NOV. 198(?) reportedly used by Les Paul during his performance run at New York's Fat Tuesday's and the framed original photograph of Les Paul and Mary Ford in Paul’s studio, Mahwah, New Jersey.