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Scan 257
Old violins, 1905
12 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 235. See the scan on archive.org.
1better fiddles can be got for half that price. Of course the rise in the Strads is quite phenomenal. Stainer, on the other hand, is not valued as highly by comparison as he was last century; whilst, owing to the rarity of real Stainers, the demand for Klotz and Albani, more easily attainable, has somewhat increased, and generally all the second and third class makers are being hunted up and command good figures now, just as a man who can't get Charles II. silver will put up with William and Mary, Queen Anne, and even the early Georges.
3It is quite safe to buy Urquhart, Ford, Banks, Forster, Furber (Henry, David, or John), and Pamphilion; but the once popular "Duke" days are pretty well over.
5Lupôt should be always secured, and Vuillaumes that have not been cooked with acids and heat; and no collector will go far wrong with Pique.
7Venetian fiddles, and especially violoncellos, near akin to Cremona, will be sure to rise; and, as a rule, the Northern fiddles will command a better figure than the Southerners—Rome and Naples.
9But all, such hints are general, and must be taken for what they are worth, for stray specimens will often turn up belonging to almost any school, which will have rare merits and can hardly be accounted for by any systematic classification.
11The following up-to-date (1898) scale of prices may be a useful but rough guide to the collector with money that burns his pocket:—
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