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My Blue Lion IIR with dogwood inlays.  About 20 years ago I went into a local music store to get some banjo strings and looking around spotted the Blue Lion.  Asked about the price and they said it was on consignment and $500 was they lowest they could go.  I asked about a case and yes, it came with the fitted hardshell case.  Lucky for me I had enough $$ in my account and went home with the best dulcimer I could imagine owning.  It had every possible option including the purfling and binding, gloss finish,fretboard inlay and peghead roses, gold hardware, and  a Baggs pickup.  My luckiest day ever.  Recently I checked on what the current price with the options would be - came out to about $3200 plus the case - and a 2 year wait.  Dulcimers are great, over-the-top dulcimers are even better.  The Blue Lion and my Dennis Dorogi T model (I had to talk him into making one more MD before he retired and moved on to other things) are the two I would never part with.  Cheers