You are offerding on a Vintage 8 String Mandolin, it has a paper tag on the inside that reads Made in USSR, and it plays and is being sold as seen with No case, it measures 24.1/2" long and 10.3/4" wide and 2.1/2" thick, it has 16" long neck with 19 feat it measures 1.1/4" wide at the top and 2.3/4" at the bottom. Mandolin has some light wear a few dings on the body and one ding on the back of the neck it has a few light scratches and some light finish and edge wear that will polish out nice, the chrome tail piece has some tarnish and it will need some new strings, there are two very small cracks on the body's edge a it will glue easy and the body has a few scuffs of white paint and one spot on the front edge. Mandolins is in playable condition the neck is nice and it has nice string clearance the wooden bridge and tail piece are in good condition also, it is a classic Russian Folk Mandolin it has some light wear but it is all there.This item will ship as a 3 to 4 pound package.I ship via U.S. Postal service, either priority mail , standard post or first class whatever buyer chooses. I also sell and ship international and use Priority International and International First Class and include tracking at no cost to buyer.I combine shipping to save on shipping cost, so if you plan to offer on items days apart, please let me know so a can combine invoices.Items will be shipped less than 24 hours after receiving payment.Thank you for stopping by and please take a look at the other items I have for sale on this site for great bargains and service.