Send before I finished, sorry--

To be honest, I don't know if the banjo-ukes were really very popular instruments--I do know that among the old time ukulele players, the Martin was considered to be the instrument of choice. The Martin tenors are hard to find, and it seems that every guitar collector now has got to have a Martin ukulele or two as well, so they cost quite a bit. Several years back, I had a luthier in the Islands make me a pair of tenors, but the price has gone up considerably since then(at the time, it cost less to have them made than it did to buy them used).

I think the best place to go would be to Elderly Instruments, who feature a range of decent instruments in their catalog, an carry vintage instruments as well--