Stolen stradivarius violin makes its historic comeback. The ames stradivarius violin, that was stolen in 1980 from the late virtuoso violinist roman totenberg, is seen in the borough of manhattan in new york, u. According to the red book catalogue of auction results, the company set over 400 international auction records in its first 10 years of business. Matthias lehner violins sells, repairs and maintains fine violins, violas and cellos.
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The belgian virtuoso henri vieuxtemps, who was born 200 years ago this week, owned many instruments during his career, but showed a decided preference for the. The red violin kindle edition by macleod, alastair. Along with a host of other things, it describes how contemporary artists can manipulate auction prices to promote their work and make it seem more valuable, desirable and in demand. The fine auctions concentrate on items of high value and are designed for musicians, collectors and members of the trade. After a bidding battle that chased the price to five times its low estimate, the first einstein violin to ever be offered at auction went to an anonymous bidder on the phone. Timesmachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. Tarisio is a webbased auction house specializing in stringed instruments and bows. The red book is the only comprehensive public record of auction prices paid for violin family instruments and bows. Bromptons is the leading auction house for the sale of fine musical instruments in europe and the uk.
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In june 2010 tarisio auctioned the contents of the historic philadelphia violin. The red book is the only comprehensive public record of auction prices paid for violinfamily instruments and bows. The same level of professionalism and care is provided for our sellers, and their instruments. This book is red withgold embossing on the spine and a gold circle with a elephant and swastika on the cover. The violin was purchased by american violinist elmar oliveira at christies in 1989. Our firm has built an extensive international client base that looks to us for quality artwork. Founded in 1999 with locations in new york and london, its online auctions. Auction result of a violin by andrea hoffman, new york 1988, in bromptons auctioneers reference library upgrade to chrome upgrade to firefox upgrade to internet explorer upgrade to safari this website uses cookies to ensure that we give you the best user experience. Zentner will conduct a public auction located at the nittany valley fire company 5101 nittany valley dr. Stern owned the molitor stradivarius for 16 years, until 2010.
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David burgess instruments are in the permanent collection of the stradivari museum and the smithsonian museum. According to the red book catalogue of auction results, the company set over 400. This book is illustrated, or as it is printed in the book deorated by john lockwood kipling, c. It features worldwide sale results from the major auction houses of austria, england, france, germany, italy, and the united states from 1997 to 2012 and contains almost 24,000 auction sales representing the works of more than. Made for the worlds greatest scientist professor albert. Full text is unavailable for this digitized archive article.
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