All tarisio articles – Page 2

  • Curtin Alf
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    Guarneri 'del Gesù' copy breaks auction record for contemporary maker

    20 October 2013

    A copy of the c.1731 'Gibson', 'Huberman' Guarneri 'del Gesù' violin has set a new world auction record for an instrument by a living maker. The copy (pictured), made by US luthiers Joseph Curtin and Gregg Alf in 1985 for Ruggiero Ricci, sold at Tarisio in New ...

  • Leila Josefowicz
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    Celebrity violins to go under the hammer this month

    8 October 2013

    Instruments owned by violinist Leila Josefowicz and renowned violin pedagogue Dorothy DeLay are set to be auctioned this month.DeLay's 1778 Guadagnini features in Tarisio's New York sale, which ends on 17 October. DeLay, who died in 2002 at the age of 84, purchased the violin in 1969 from Rembert Wurlitzer ...