VERY RARE VINTAGE 1970's CORTLEY 5 STRING BANJO MADE IN JAPAN - MASTERCLONE?

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EXTREMELY RARE VINTAGE (circa 1970's) CORTLEY 5 STRING BANJO MADE IN JAPAN - MASTERCLONE?  (These were made in the same Japanese factory as Ibanez, Cortez, Kingston, etc... See below)
From BANJO HANGOUT (a online banjo forum) - in response to someone asking about a Cortley banjo they just bought:
Cortley guitars were sold and distributed by Southland Musical Merchandising Corporation of Greensboro,NC, Maxwell Meyers of Dallas, TX , and Harris Fandel of Massachusetts in the early 1970's and mid 1980's. The former sales managers of Southland Music stated their import agent was Jack Westheimer, and that the Cortley name was owned by Southland. In a telephone interview with Mr. Westheimer he indicated he did not remember the Cortley name in particular. He stated Westheimer Corporation had many different "stencil brands" manufactured in Japan for companies like Southland.
In the early 70's Westheimer was having a lot of instruments made at the same factories in Japan that produced other popular brands such as Ibanez, Cortez, Kingston, Terada, and Teisco for example. Therefore Cortley could have been made there or in different plants, depending on which one could handle the work order. Former sales rep Ed Rider stated that Terada and Daion were two of the factories he remembered that made Cortley.
For 0 you can't go wrong buying a Japanese Masterclone. This is probably as good as any other Japanese mastertone-type banjo from the 70's.
For 0, it's a steal. I remember that banjo. Today it would be near 00.
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NOTE: I'm a picker - but not a banjo picker(sorry!), banjo looks in very good condition to me (except for small crack on side on back cover & there is some green crayon on front skin- see photos), but please look at photos to decide for yourself and ask any questions you may have; I will try to help!
Selling for 0obo (or best offer)!
PLEASE READ MY FEEDBACK & BUY WITHOUT WORRIES!