This excellent sounding F-5 was sent to me in September of 1998. There have been just a few black top Nuggets, including Tim O'Brien's well known A Model. This instrument is very classy, as you can see, and the price is $9000. This is what you would have to pay for a new one, if they were available. This instrument is now owned by Bruce Hayes of Crested Butte, Colorado There are two more nice photos here Nugget Page / Great Divide Homepage