For Sale! to the highest bidder:
I have my Grand fathers Martin & Co Ukulele # 4 EST 1833
he used from 1916 to till he past in 1971.

So far bids are in, 23 in all, is at ?? was
the last highest bidder.

A cash buy it now price is set at : $??
will include Family photos of Johnny Ukulele
and Mary Kaye.

Will need to special deliver and insure before
shipping will take place of the Ukulele. or will
need to be hand deliver by Johnny Ka’aihue’s grand
son Jeff Pursley.

I am selling it for a highest bidder price that hasn’t been determined
yet, the Martin & Co Ukulele # EST 1833 is already a grand collectors
item and that’s without being owned and Played by the late great
Johnny “Ukulele” Ka’aihue since 1916, it is true collectors dream.
It has my Grandfathers trademark were & tear from hard playing
in performances all over the planet. If you know the history of my
grandfather you knew he was the Best friend of Olympic swimmer
and Surfer “The Duke”. It is a private bid and all moneys will go
to doctors bill in support of a family member that has fallen sick and
is directly related to Johnny Ka’aihue.

>From Exotica cult favorite:
Johnny Ukulele was born John Ka’aihue in Kalani, Hawaii on November 8, 1901 — the son of Prince Koeheo Ka’aihue,
at 15 he signed on a band assembled to back surfing pioneer Duke Kahanamoku during his surfing demonstrations across
the mainland U.S. When Kahanamoku returned to Hawaii, Ka’aihue remained stateside, touring the Midwest vaudeville
circuit — he was a particular favorite of Chicago’s organized crime families, and according to the website http://www.spaceagepop.com,
he stayed for free in hotels owned by Al Capone’s brother Ralph. Ka’aihue also regularly appeared in competitive swimming
meets against the likes of Buster Crabbe and Johnny Weissmuller before settling in St. Louis to begin a family he became the
Hawian swimming Champion gaining the respect from pro swimmers all over the planet including olimpic champion “The Duke”,
he then went on to play local clubs and operating an instructional school teaching Hawaiian music. Shortly after World War
II ended he joined up with bandleader Harry Owens, remaining with his Royal Hawaiian Orchestra for 15 years, including
a nine-year stint on CBS television’s The Harry Owens Show — during this time, Ka’aihue also adopted the stage name
Johnny Ukulele. In addition to playing on a series of Owens’ LPs, in 1958 he issued a solo effort, the Capitol label proto-lounge
classic Favorite Selections by Johnny Ukulele — three years later, he returned to Hawaii for the first time in nearly half a century,
headlining a triumphant homecoming gig. When his children Mary and Norman became mainstays on the Las Vegas Strip with
their Mary Kaye Trio, Ukulele migrated to Sin City himself, playing casino nightclubs throughout the 1960s — at one point, his
backing group included budding country-pop superstar Bobbie Gentry. He died in Hollywood on 1971.

I only have old LP’s that my sister has, I will transfer them to MP3, and am also looking on line, He was also known as the
fastest UKE player ever, in fact if you look at all his Uke’s they all have serious pick where in the motion areas and was a
trade mark of his playing, his Uke would be smoken after a jam, he had a few uke and I had the one that he played the most
Martin & Co Ukulele #4 EST 1833 the others would be for show and the one I have was the one he loved the most, in fact
my mom also used played it after my Grandpa past, the reason im selling it is that it will yield the most and I will keep all the
rest in show case.

If you are interested or know someone who would be then please feel free to contact me, The uke is one of a kind and only
one owned by Johnny Ukulele will ever be made available, only a few will ever know it was for sale and all hand selected by
me, only people that would appreciate the history of the Ukulele will be given the golden opportunity to own it, I am sure allot
would have loved to own it at any cost.

You can contact me at 818-390-7349 my name is Jeff Pursley
and I am the Grand son of Johnny Ka’aihue and yungest son of
The late Mary Kaye from the Mary Kaye Treo.

I would like to send you photos!!!

More on Johnny “Ukulele” Ka’aihue

http://www.spaceagepop.com/ukulele.htm