Skinner Auctioneers has released the results of its November auction in Boston, US. Among the top lots for stringed instruments was a Nicolaus Gagliano violin (pictured) from Naples made in 1720, which fetched $168,000 on an estimate of $120,000–$140,000, and a modern violin from the School of Stefano Scarampella, Mantua, made around 1904, which sold for $50,000 on an estimate of $9,000–$12,000.
Below are the top ten lots from the sale. All sale prices include buyer’s premium.
Skinner, Inc. Fine Musical Instruments 24 November, Boston
Instruments
1 Lot 33
An Italian violin by Nicolaus Gagliano, Naples, 1720
Estimate $120,000–$140,000 Sale price $168,000
2 Lot 374
An Italian violin from the School of Stefano Scarampella, Mantua, c.1904
Estimate $9,000–$12,000 Sale price $50,400
3 Lot 371
An Italian violin attributed to the Gagliano Family, c.1800
Estimate $20,000–$30,000 Sale price $45,000
4 Lot 25
A modern Italian violin by Romeo Antoniazzi, Cremona, 1922
Estimate $30,000–$40,000 Sale price $31,200
5 Lot 32
A modern Italian violin by Leandro Bisiach, Milan, 1940
Estimate $30,000–$40,000 Sale price $29,520
6 Lot 31
An Italian violin by Natale Novelli, copy of the Gagliano ‘Rotondo’ Milan, c.1967
Estimate $24,000–$28,000 Sale price $28,800
7 Lot 29
A modern Italian violin by Gaetano Gadda, Mantova, 1952
Estimate $30,000–$40,000 Sale price $24,000
8 Lot 92
A modern Italian violin by Giovanni Pistucci, 1915
Estimate $3,000–$5,000 Sale price $18,000
9 Lot 26
An Italian cello by Dante Baldoni, Buenos Aires, 1899
Estimate $8,000–$10,000 Sale price $15,600
10 Lot 369
A modern Italian violin, c.1943
Estimate $12,000–$15,000 Sale price $14,400
Bows
1 Lot 44
Silver-mounted cello bow by Anders Halvarson, after F.X. Tourte
Estimate $7,000–$9,000 Sale price $7,800
2 Lot 335
Silver-mounted cello bow
Estimate $2,000–$3,000 Sale price $5,400
3 Lot 46
Engraved gold-mounted violin bow
Estimate $2,000–$2,200 Sale price $5,228
4 Lot 319
Gold-mounted violin bow
Estimate $1,000–$1,200 Sale price $5,228
5 Lot 289
Six bows
Estimate $700–$900 Sale price $5,100
6 Lot 58
German gold-mounted violin bow
Estimate $4,000–$6,000 Sale price $4,680
7 Lot 350
Nine violin bows
Estimate $600–$800 Sale price $4,500
8 Lot 353
Silver-mounted violin bow
Estimate $2,600–$3,000 Sale price $4,305
9 Lot 69
Silver-mounted violin bow
Estimate $3,000–$5,000 Sale price $3,720
10 Lot 352
English silver-mounted violin bow
Estimate $2,600–$3,000 Sale price $3,600
Lots offered 382
Value of lots sold $1,015,638
Percentage sold (by lot) 80
All auction results include violins, violas, cellos and double basses and bows only.
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