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Sixty-seven old & rare violins, violas, & violoncellos by the world's most famous makers, 1924
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1PROFESSOR AUGUSTO MOLINI, the gatherer of this remarkable collection of rare instruments, was born in Padua, Italy, in 1878. He has devoted all his lifetime to the study of music, has received a degree in instrumental music from the University of Padua, and is an expert of international reputation. For thirty years he has been assembling his collection, which has been viewed by some of the world's greatest violinists, such as Kubelik, Spalding of the United States, Tompson of Belgium, Corti of Rome, and many other celebrities. Professor Molini's life-ambition was to gather together this most exclusive and valuable collection as a work of love and art; he had no intention of selling it until recently, when he was urged to do so by some of his American friends. For several family reasons, he has decided to follow this friendly counsel. He has never sold any single instrument. Rather than make a sale piecemeal, he now offers the entire collection to the musical world.
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