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The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1875
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1fine Double-Bass—£41; sold to Lord G. Fitzgerald. Lot 52. A Violin, by Guarnerius—£105 (Reade). Lot 55. A very handsome Violin, by Antonius and Hieronymus Amati, of Cremona—£43 (Hart). Lot 79. A handsome Violoncello, by Bergonzi—£121 (Hart). Lot 87. A perfect Violin, by Antonius Stradiuarius, 1717—£194 15s. (Hart). Lot 93. A Violin by Joseph Guarnerius, 1732—£275 (Enthoven). Lot 94. A handsome Violin by Sanctus Seraphino, of Venice, £13. Lot 107. A Violin, Antonius Stradiuarius, 1699—£76. Lot 110. A fine Violin, by Antonius Stradiuarius, 1686—£165 (Hart). Lot 122. A Violin, by Joseph Guarnerius, 1741—£156 (Hart). Lot 126. A fine Tenor, by Antonius Stradiuarius—£51 (Hart). Lot 128. A Violoncello, by Nicholas Amati, Cremona—£63. Lot 132. A handsome Tenor, by Guarnerius—£60 (Lord Harrington). Lot 133. A magnificent instrument by Antonius Stradiuarius, 1715, was put up at £150, rising in three biddings to £230, and knocked down to Mr. Hart, the well-known dealer, for £290. A very perfect Tenor by Bergonzi, £50; a Violoncello, by Andrea Guarnerius, £31 (Hart). There were 152 Lots in the sale, only a few of which were bows by Dodd and other esteemed makers; and the Violins and Violoncellos most of them sold at prices from £10 to £50. The total amounted to the sum of £4,200, probably the largest sum ever obtained for the collection of a private individual."—Daily Paper, April, 1872.
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