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As posted up above:
Update: it appears that this guitar is likely something made in the Busato shop or by someone associated with the shop. It is definitely not a super high quality Busato but it is a cool AF guitar. I'm playing it right now and really enjoying it. It definitely has the old gypsy sound. I have the action a touch on the side of high comfortable, I could bring it down a touch but it's pretty easy to play as-is.
I put new frets on it and it plays well in all areas of the neck. I was able to use higher frets on the tongue where there was some fall off so I didn't have to take much wood off the fingerboard. I also radiused the board a little bit. It plays really nice with 10s, 11s might work great too. Modern tuners that look pretty perfect and work well. I took the chippy finish off the back of the neck and oiled it and it feels really, really nice.
It is very similar to one of the guitars at the link below (thanks @littleknicky ) so I think the Busato association doesn't seem unreasonable BUT I'm absolutely not an appraiser or very knowledgeable about obscure French guitars so take it with a grain of salt. My guitar has something that looks like Beech for the neck and back and sides and doesn't have side purfling. I thought the binding was painted on but it's not, at least mostly it's not (the body is bound, it looks like they painted the area around the cutaway black instead of binding it. It is probably the lightest weight acoustic guitar I've ever played. 2lbs 14.5 oz 1.3kg.
https://guitarejazzmanouche.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=34194
It's a super cool little guitar and you can play waltzes all day, smoke little cigarettes and hang out at the cafe with a beret. I'm enjoying playing it and don't mind having it around but I'm drowning in guitars.
$2900 + S&H I'm open to super cool trades but really need some $$$$$$ right now.