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K ESTENBAUM & COMPANY ! ...... Auctioneers of Rare Books, Collectibles and Fine Art Lot 7 Catalogue of FINE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ...... To be Offered for Sale by Auction Monday, 22nd October, 2018 at 1:00 pm precisely

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Front Cover Illustration: See Lot 98 Back Cover Illustration: See Lot 37

List of prices realized will be posted on our website following the sale www.kestenbaum.net — FOREWORD —

fter nearly 25 years focusing upon auctions of Rare Books, Manuscripts and Judaica, Kestenbaum & Company is delighted to A present our inaugural auction of Fine Musical Instruments. In the development of this new venture we thank department administrator Adam Rosenbaum for his tenacity and focus in bringing this sale to fruition; along with the department expert, David Bonsey, who brings decades of knowledge and experience to this undertaking.

I will leave it to David to introduce the sale with a brief summary of its contents along with select highlights.

Meanwhile to long-standing - and especially new clients - I welcome you to this auction and trust you will enjoy bidding on its multifarious offerings.

Daniel E. Kestenbaum

— INTRODUCTION —

his exciting sale at Kestenbaum & Company marks the return of live auctions of Musical Instruments in New York City after T a hiatus of six years. The live auction has been an integral part of the international trade for over 200 years, and provides an important resource to members of the trade, musicians, and collectors alike, while embracing new technology for the advancement of communication and commerce.

Highlights of the sale include an 18th century Italian attributed to Gragnani (Lot 98), Modern Italian works by Militello (Lot 95) and Muncher (Lot 42), and French Violin bows by Lapierre (Lot 202) and Bazin (Lot 203).

Highlights in Fretted instruments include examples by (Lot 1), D’Angelico (Lots 6 and 7), Schecter (Lot 2), and Ovation (Lot 3). A good selection of by Henri Selmer are featured, including Mark VI (Lots 16 and 19) and (Lot 17) models. Particular emphasis has been placed on providing accurate, reliable cataloguing with condition reports to enhance your experience.

David Bonsey — F INE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS —

1 AMERICAN . Gibson Mandolin- Company, Kalamazoo, 1913, Style A-1, serial No. 14011. Neck loosening from the body at neck joint. Top edge of pick guard chipped, warping. Surface scratches and abrasions. $300 - $500

2 AMERICAN ELECTRIC BASS GUITAR. Schecter Guitar Research, Serial No. 92112, the Jazz-bass style body and pickup confi guration, the maple neck and headstock, the ebony fretboard, scale length 34 in., with soft gig bag. Very good. No visible wear. $140 - $180

3 AMERICAN ACOUSTIC ELECTRIC GUITAR. Ovation Guitar Co., Model Celebrity CC67, with case. Good. $150 - $200

4 ELECTRIC GUITAR. Hohner, Inc., Baron Model, the 22-fret rosewood fi ngerboard, the twin Humbucking pickups. Scale length 24.5 in., with case. Good, no visible fret wear. $100 - $200

5 . Labeled CARLO ROBELLI/MADE IN BRAZIL/MODEL NUMBER SA500, the pine top, the rosewood back and sides, the mahogany neck, the rosewood Lot 1 fi ngerboard. Scale length 24 in., with case. Good. $80 - $100

6 6 AMERICAN ELECTRIC GUITAR. D’Angelico , New York, 2017, Model NY-SS, Serial No. NY170201, the 22-fret ebony fretboard with block pearl inlay, the maple top, back, sides and neck of prominent narrow curl, the dual Humbucking pickups, the gold-plated electronics. Scale length 24 7/8 in., warranty card, proprietary hard shell case. Certifi cate of Authenticity, D’Angelico Guitars. As new. $8000 - $10,000

7 AMERICAN ELECTRIC GUITAR. D’Angelico Guitars, New York, 2016, Model Deluxe Bob Weir SS, Serial no. WI600713, Lot 6 the Bigsby B-50 tremolo system, the dual Seymore Duncan DA-59 Humbucking pickups, the 22-fret rosewood fretboard with block pearl inlay, the gold-plated electronics and tuning machines, the matte Stone fi nish. Scale length 24 3/4 in., with proprietary hard shell case. Signed on the headstock reverse by Bob Weir. Certifi cate of Authenticity, D’Angelico Guitars. As new. $5000 - $7000

8 PORTABLE GUITAR AMPLIFIER. Maxi Mouse, Lectrasonics, Albuquerque, c. 1980. Missing charger. $30 - $50

9 AMERICAN MANDOLIN. Possibly Lyon & Healy, c. 1910, unlabeled, the 28-stave rosewood back, the ebony fi ngerboard, the spruce top. Fair, slight opening of top center seam below bridge. $100 - $200 Lot 7 10 AMERICAN . Labeled FRANZ SCHWARZER/ WASHINGTON, MISSOURI, with key and hard case. Good. $100 - $150

Additional Information and Images Available on Kestenbaum.net 7 11 AMERICAN ALTO . Buescher, Elkhart, 1930, Serial No. 257338, stamped Low Pitch on rear of body, with hard case. Pitting to lacquer, not overhauled. $600 - $800

12 AMERICAN . Conn, Elkhart, 1926, Serial No. M152740, with hard case. Good, not overhauled. $400 - $600

13 AMERICAN ALTO Lot 11 SAXOPHONE. Buescher, Elkhart, c. 1980, Model Aristocrat, Serial No. 730007, with hard case. Good. $200 - $300

14 FRENCH SILVER-KEYED . Buffet & Crampon, Paris, c. 1970, Serial No. F178276, with hard case. Good. $80 - $100

15 AMERICAN CLARINET. Pruefer, Providence, c. 1930, Serial No. 26505, the nickel keys, with hard case. Fair, not overhauled. $60 - $80

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8 16 FRENCH . Henri Selmer, Paris, 1968, Model Mark VI, serial no. 152985, with soft case. Lacquer pitted, small dent in neck. $1600 - $1800

17 FRENCH TENOR SAXOPHONE. Henri Selmer, Paris, 1937, Model Balanced Action, Serial no. 25079, with 2 Otto Link Super Tone Master, 1 Otto Link Reso Chamber mouthpieces. Good, possibly re-lacquered. Not overhauled. $1600 - $1800

Lot 16 Lot 17

Additional Information and Images Available on Kestenbaum.net 9 18 FRENCH ALTO SAXOPHONE. Henri Selmer, Paris, c. 1983, Model Super Action 80, Serial No. 340500, with case. Very good. $1500 - $1800

19 FRENCH ALTO SAXOPHONE. Henri Selmer, Paris, c. 1973, Model Mark VI, Serial No. 217692, with Berg Larson, Selmer, and Otto Link mouthpieces, Original case. Good, not overhauled. Very minor scratches, pits to lacquer. $3000 - $4000

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Lot 18

10 20 NICKEL-KEYED CLARINET. 26 AMERICAN ALTO 31 FRENCH CLARINET IN B Buffet, Paris, with hard case. SAXOPHONE. Buescher, FLAT. Fernand Chapelain, Elkhart, Model Truetone, c. 1922, Fair, repaired cracks to bell. c. 1900, stamped FERNAND Serial No. 107477, stamped LOW $100 - $200 CHAPELAIN on the BELL, HP on PITCH on body, with original the body, the grenadilla body, the hard case. 21 FRENCH . nickel keys, with later Bundy case. Noblet, Paris, the grenadilla body, Fair, scratches and pits in lacquer. Fair, missing . the nickel-plated keys and bell, Not overhauled. $40 - $60 with hard case. $300 - $500 No visible cracks to body. Not 32 GERMAN TENOR RECORDER. 27 AMERICAN SILVER-PLATED overhauled. Linton, The three-section wood FLUTE. Selmer, Elkhart, c. 1970, $200 - $400 body, the brass keys and neck, Serial No. 86760, with hard plastic with soft case. case. 22 AMERICAN CORNET. Stamped Fair. PAN AMERICAN/ELKHART Good. $40 - $60 IND/USA, Serial No. 145655, with $60 - $80 hard case, three mouthpieces. 33 FRENCH CLARINET. Buffet & 28 HORN IN B FLAT. Stamped Fair, slight dent to tubing. Crampon, stamped EVETTER & RAMPONE on the bell, the rotary $80 - $100 SCHAEFFER, Serial No. B9730, valves. Diameter of bell 12 1/4 in. the nickel keys, with hard case. 23 BRASS CLARINET. H.N. White Dents, surface scratches, Fair-Good. Not overhauled. Company, Cleveland, c. 1930, the lacquer loss. $60 - $80 brass body, the nickel keys, with $100 - $200 hard case. 34 AMERICAN SILVER-PLATED 29 AMERICAN TUBA. Stamped Good. Not overhauled. FLUTE. Armstrong, Elkhart, PAN AMERICAN/ELKHART $100 - $200 Model 104, Serial No. I-8820, with IND/USA, with hard case. hard case. 24 ITALIAN SOPRANO Valves sticking, surface pitting. Fair, minor dent on head joint. SAXOPHONE. Borgani, $300 - $500 $60 - $100 Macerata, c. 1980, with Borgani case. 30 FRENCH CLARINET. LeBlanc, 35 . Tokan Musical Paris, Serial No. 6298, the Very good. Minor pitting, surface Instrument Co., Serial No. 12916, grenadilla body, the nickel keys, scratches. with hard case. with hard case. $200 - $300 Fair to poor. Good, missing mouthpiece, not $40 - $60 25 AMERICAN ALTO overhauled. SAXOPHONE. C.G. Conn, $80 - $100 Elkhart, 1941, serial number 291903, with original hard case. Good. $400 - $600

Additional Information and Images Available on Kestenbaum.net 11 36 GERMAN VIOLONCELLO. Gustave Wunderlich, Markneukirchen, 1923, bearing the maker’s label, length of two- piece back 763 mm., with soft bag. Good. Surface scratches and abrasions. $8000 - $10,000

12 37 MODERN VIOLONCELLO. Labeled MONTERUMICI ARMANDO/?? IN BOLOGNA 1920, length of two-piece back 758 mm., with case. Repaired face and rib fractures. $15,000 - $18,000

Additional Information and Images Available on Kestenbaum.net 13 Lot 38

38 GERMAN VIOLONCELLO. Karl Hofner, , 1961, bearing the maker’s label, length of two-piece back 755 mm., with soft bag and bow. Surface scratches and abrasions. Not set up. Lower treble corner of top chipped. $1800 - $2400

39 GERMAN VIOLONCELLO. c. 1950, labeled ANTON SCHROETTER/ GEIGENBAUMEISTER/ MITTENWALD, BAYERN/ MADE IN , length of two-piece back 70 cm. Worn lower bout edges, surface scratches and abrasions. $800 - $1200

Lot 39

14 40 VIOLONCELLO. c. 1920, signed BRUGER on the interior top, length of two-piece back 758 mm., with soft bag. Top off, various cleated face cracks, missing saddle, pegs, small top edge loss near neck joint. $10,000 - $14,000

Additional Information and Images Available on Kestenbaum.net 15 41 VIOLIN. Possibly Markneukirchen, c. 1920, labeled CARLO ANTONIO TESTORE…, length of two-piece back 353 mm., with case and bow. Scroll possibly older. Button repair, surface scratches and abrasions. $4000 - $6000

42 ITALIAN VIOLIN. Romedeo Muncher, Cremona, 1924, labeled ROMEDIO MUNCHER/DI CREMONA FECE ANNO 1924, length of two-piece back 355 mm., with case. Very good. $4000 - $6000 Lot 41

43 GERMAN VIOLIN. c. 1920, unlabeled, length of two-piece back 360 mm, with case. Missing fi ngerboard. Surface scratches and abrasions. Treble side 11cm saddle crack, missing A peg. $300 - $500

44 GERMAN VIOLIN. c. 1920, unlabeled, length of two-piece back 355 mm., with case. Good, missing upper nut. $300 - $500

45 GERMAN VIOLIN. Labeled JULIUS LOMBARDI/FECIT A RIMINI, 1789, length of two-piece back 358 mm., with case. Good. Surface scratches and abrasions. c. 1900. $200 - $400

Lot 42

16 46 FRENCH VIOLIN. Grandjon Workshop, Mirecourt, c. 1880, signed MIRECOURT (VOSGES)GRANDJON FILS, and labeled MEDAILLES D’OR & D’ARGENT/CHARLES JACQUOT, 42 RUE DE L’ECHIQUIER, A PARIS, length of one-piece back 362 mm., with case. Top off, soundpost crack in top, hairline fractures to lower treble bout of top, missing upper nut, saddle, pegs. $6000 - $8000

47 FRENCH VIOLIN. Dieudonne Workshop, Mirecourt, c. 1940, labeled AMEDEE DIEUDONNE, NO 307 MIRECOURT ANNO 1937, and signed, length of one- Lot 46 piece back 356 mm, with case. Very good, minor surface scratches and abrasions. $3000 - $5000

48 MODERN VIOLIN. Unlabeled, length of one-piece back 354 mm., with case. Very good, minor scratch on back. $300 - $500

49 MODERN VIOLIN. c. 1920, labeled ANSELMUS BELLOSIUS/FECIT VENETIIS 1735, length of one-piece back 359 mm. Missing pegs, fingerboard. Surface scratches and abrasions. $300 - $500

50 MODERN VIOLIN. Unlabeled, length of two-piece back 356 mm, with case. Varnish loss at back center seam. Not set up. $200 - $400

Lot 47

Additional Information and Images Available on Kestenbaum.net 17 51 GERMAN VIOLIN. 56 MITTENWALD VIOLIN. c. 1920, labeled COPY c. 1880, labeled MATHIAS OF ANTONIUS KLOTZ MITTENWALD A /MADE IN ISER 16--, length of one- GERMANY, length of two- piece back 359 mm., with piece back 359 mm, with case. case. Worm damage, edge of Good, missing top nut, upper bass side back, button pegs. Surface scratches and repair. abrasions. $300 - $500 $400 - $600 57 GERMAN VIOLIN. 52 FRENCH VIOLIN. c. 1930, labeled COPY c. 1925, labeled OF ANTONIUS LUTHIERIE STRADIVARIUS/MADE IN ARTISTIQUE/M GERMANY, length of two- COUTERIEUX, length of piece back 357 mm., with two-piece back 360 mm. case. Lower treble corner of top Neck heel repair pin chipped, surface scratches through button, abrasions, and abrasions. varnish loss at bridge foot $400 - $600 positions, repaired face crack below bass ff. 53 GERMAN VIOLIN. c. 1920, $200 - $400 unlabeled, length of two- Lot 51 Lot 52 piece back 360 mm., with 58 MODERN VIOLIN. c. 1930, case. labeled SCHOLL HERMAN /4 BOULEVARD 14 cm pin crack, bass GEORGES CLEMENCEAU/ side of top, small saddle ANNEE 1921 GRENOBLE fracture, treble side, ISERE, length of two-piece otherwise good. Surface back 367 mm., with case. scratches and abrasions. $500 - $700 Repaired face crack below bass side ff. Relief carved 54 FRENCH VIOLIN. Breton scroll, back of oak or Italian School, c. 1900, unlabeled, chestnut. length of two-piece back $300 - $500 360 mm, with case. 59 GERMAN VIOLIN. c. 1920, 3 face fractures below ffs, unlabeled, length of two- otherwise good. Surface piece back 359 mm., with scratches and abrasions. case. $600 - $800 , upper nut 55 GERMAN VIOLIN. detached. Surface scratches c. 1900, branded internally and abrasions. MALINE, length of one- $300 - $500 piece back 362 mm., with case. 60 GERMAN VIOLIN. c. 1900, branded LOWENDALL Face crack from lower edge, SOLO to the upper back and bass side to ff, surface dirt labeled CASPAR DA SALO and grime. Carved lion’s IN BRESCIA/1584, length head. of two-piece back 358 mm. $300 - $500 Good, saddle fracture, bass side, 5 cm. Missing bridge. $300 - $500 Lot 53 Lot 54

18 61 GERMAN VIOLIN. 66 GERMAN VIOLIN. c. 1900, unlabeled, length c. 1910, labeled ANTONIUS of one-piece back 360 mm, STRADIVARIUS…, length with case. of two-piece back 358 mm., with case and two bows. Button repair, worn top edges, varnish abrasions Surface scratches and and scratches. Grafted neck. abrasions. $400 - $600 $100 - $200

62 FRENCH VIOLIN. Leon 67 CZECH VIOLIN. c. 1900, Mougenot, c. 1925, labeled labeled ANTONIUS LEON MOUGENOT STRADIVARIUS., MADE GAUCHE/EX OUVRIER IN CZECH-SLOWAKIA, DES 1ES MAISONS DE/ length of two-piece back BRUXELLES, LYON, 358 mm., with case and two PARIS, LONDRES, length bows. of two-piece back 358 mm, Saddle crack, treble side, with case. face crack from lower edge Varnish loss at face crack to treble ff, face crack below extending from bottom edge bass ff, surface scratches to upper bass ff, otherwise and abrasions. good. Surface scratches and $200 - $400 abrasions. $600 - $800 68 GERMAN VIOLIN. c. 1900, Lot 61 Lot 62 unlabeled, the back inlaid 63 MODERN VIOLIN. c. 1930, with pearl in a geometric labeled AUGUSTO LIORNI, design, length of two-piece length of two-piece back 356 back 360. mm., with case. Loss of edge marquetry, Good. Surface scratches and lower edges of back and abrasions. top, surface scratches and $800 - $1200 abrasions. $200 - $400 64 GERMAN VIOLIN. c. 1920 labeled JOSEPH 69 GERMAN VIOLIN. GUARNERIUS FECIT/ c. 1900, labeled ANTONIUS CREMONAE 17--, length STRADIVARIUS…, length of two-piece back 360 mm., of two-piece back 360 mm. with case. Small face fractures at Surface dirt and grime, upper edges of top and treble surface scratches and wing, surface scratches and abrasions. abrasions, missing pegs. $400 - $600 $200 - $400

65 CHILD’S GERMAN 70 FRENCH VIOLIN. c. 1910, VIOLIN. c. 1988, unlabeled, length of one- labeled AR SEIDEL/ piece back 363 mm. MITTENWALD OBB/ Missing pegs, saddle, upper HAND MADE COPY nut, surface abrasions and OF ANTONIUS scratches. STRADIVARIUS WEST $300 - $400 GERMANY, length of two- piece back 318 mm. Good, surface scratches and abrasions. Lot 54 Lot 63 Lot 64 $200 - $400

Additional Information and Images Available on Kestenbaum.net 19 71 GERMAN VIOLIN. 76 GERMAN VIOLIN. c. 1920, c. 1910, E.R. Schmidt, F.A. Heberlein Workshop, Markneukirchen, bearing bearing maker’s label, the maker’s label, length of length of two-piece back 357 one-piece back 360 mm. mm. Good, some heat damage Loss of upper button of to bridge area, lower treble back, lower treble corner of corner of back. top. Surface scratches and $800 - $1200 abrasions. $200 - $400 72 FRENCH VIOLIN. probably Mirecourt, c. 77 CHILD’S GERMAN 1920, labeled GIUSEPPE VIOLIN. c. 1920, branded CARLO FRATELLI STAINER to the upper FISCER/FABBRICATORI back, length of two-piece D’INSTRUMENTI IN/ back 337 mm. MILANOVICINO ALLA Lower back seam repair, BALLA 1782, length of two- worn top edges, surface piece back 360 mm. scratches and abrasions. Good, minor surface $300 - $500 scratches, fi ngerboard detached, missing upper 78 GERMAN VIOLIN. nut. Possibly Mittenwald, c.1880, $600 - $800 labeled JOHANNES JAIS Lot 71 Lot 72 ME FECIT/BULSANI IN 73 GERMAN VIOLIN. TYROL 1769, length of two- Heinrich Th. Heberlein piece back 357 mm. Workshop, Markneukirchen, Loss of varnish at center 1908, bearing the maker’s seam of back, surface original label, length of two- scratches and abrasions. piece back 359 mm. $300 - $500 Minor surface scratches. $500 - $700 79 VIOLIN. c. 1900, unlabeled, length of two-piece back 358 74 FRENCH VIOLIN. Labert- mm. Humbert Workshop, c. 1900, Varnish loss at center labeled H CLOTELLE, back, missing pegs, surface length of two-piece back scratches and abrasions. 360 mm., with case. $300 - $500 Face crack, saddle to bass ff, surface dirt and scratches. 80 VIOLIN. c. 1910, unlabeled, $400 - $600 length of two-piece back 359 mm. 75 GERMAN VIOLIN. Surface scratches and c. 1890, labeled ANTONIUS abrasions. STRADIVARIUS/ $300 - $500 FACIEBAT ANNO 1733, length of two-piece back 358 mm. Missing G peg, surface scratches and abrasions. $300 - $500

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20 81 GERMAN VIOLIN. c. 1930, 86 GERMAN VIOLIN. c. 1950, unlabeled, length of two- labeled A SCHROETTER/ piece back 359 mm. GEIGENBAUMEISTER, MITTENWALD BAYERN/ Good, surface scratches and MADE IN GERMANY, abrasions. length of two-piece back 357 $400 - $600 mm. 82 VIOLIN. c. 1900, labeled Varnish loss to top treble EDOUARD FOETISCH side, back of scroll, center LUTHIER/ A LAUSANNE bout of back. 1834, length of two-piece $200 - $400 back 360 mm. 87 GERMAN VIOLIN. H.T. Missing top nut, worn top Heberlein Workshop, edges. Surface scratches. Markneukirchen, c. 1910, $600 - $800 labeled HEINRICH TH HEBERLEIN JR/ 83 SAXON VIOLIN. MARKNEUKIRCHEN c. 1800, labeled 1902/IMITATION JOHANN GOTTLOB , PFRETZSCHNER/ length of two-piece back 359 PROPE VIOLINOCAR mm., with case and bow. RETPONTENT/ROMANI CREMONA 1799, length of Abrasions, varnish loss at two-piece back 355 mm. bridge foot positions, worn Lot 81 Lot 82 top edges. Surface scratches Baroque setup, (missing and abrasions. tailgut) repaired top $300 - $500 fractures. $800 - $1200 88 VIOLIN. c. 1930, unlabeled, length of two-piece back 355 84 VIOLIN. c. 1800, labeled mm. BARTOLOMEUS CALVAROLA FECIT/ Face cracks extending from IN VICO CURRIS bottom edge to treble and BALDONAE/PROPE bass ffs, loss of upper bass BERGOMUM ANNO 1755, side corner of top. Surface length of two-piece back dirt, abrasions. 360 mm., with case and two $200 - $300 bows. 89 GERMAN VIOLIN. Grafted neck, various c. 1900, labeled ANTONIUS repaired face cracks, button STRADIVARIUS graft. CREMONENSIS…, length $800 - $1200 of two-piece back 358 mm. 85 GERMAN VIOLIN. c. Poor neck set, saddle 1910, labeled NICOLAUS fractures, surface scratches AMATUS FECIT/IN and abrasions. CREMONA 1665, length of $200 - $300 one-piece back 355 mm. 90 GERMAN VIOLIN. c. 1970, Face fractures, saddle crack, labeled JOHN FREDERIC, treble side. Missing pegs. length of two-piece back 355 Engraved near top button. mm., with case. $300 - $500 Good, surface abrasion at bass side ff. c. 1920. $300 - $500 Lot 83 Lot 84

Additional Information and Images Available on Kestenbaum.net 21 91 VIOLIN. c. 1900, labeled SALOMON LUTHIER A ST CECILLE/PLACE DE LA ECOLE PARIS 1744, length of two-piece back 360 mm., with case. Lot 91 Surface scratches and abrasions. $2000 - $3000

92 FRENCH VIOLIN. c. 1900, bearing the internal brand CARDINET, length of one-piece back 364 mm., with case. Fair, surface scratches and abrasions. $3000 - $5000

Lot 92

22 93 GERMAN VIOLIN. labeled DANIEL ACHATIUS STADLMAN/LAUTEN UND GEIGENMACHER/IN WIEN 1747, length of two-piece back 358 mm., with case. Lot 93 Button repair, various repaired face fractures. Grafted neck. $2000 - $3000

94 SAXON VIOLIN. Hopf School, c. 1780, labeled AEGIDIUS KLOZ IN MITTEN/WALD AN DER ISER 1767, length of one-piece back 350 mm., with case. Grafted neck, scratches and abrasions. $2800 - $3200

Lot 94

Additional Information and Images Available on Kestenbaum.net 23 95 ITALO-ARGENTINE VIOLIN. Mariano Militello, Rosario, c. 1926, labeled EXPOSICION INTERNACIONAL/ARTE E INDUSTRIAS/PRIMER GRAN PREMIO Y MEDALLIA DE ORO/ ROSARIO 1926, length of two- piece back 353 mm. Good, repair pin through button. $5000 - $7000

24 96 FRENCH VIOLIN. c. 1890, labeled GUSTAVE BERNARDEL, DU CONSERVATOIRE DE LA OPERA ETC/12 RUE DE MADRID A PARIS 1890, length of two-piece back 360 mm. Very good, bow wear to treble side inner bout of top. $6000 - $10,000

Additional Information and Images Available on Kestenbaum.net 25 97 MODERN ITALIAN VIOLIN. Labeled HECTOR SOFFRITTI FILUS ALOYSJ/FECIT FERRARIAE AN DOM 1905, length of two-piece back 356 mm. Very good. $15,000 - $18,000

26 98 ITALIAN VIOLIN. c. 1800, labeled ONORATO GRAGNANI, FIGLIO D ANTONIO/FATTO IN LIVORNO, 1795, length of two- piece back 356 mm. Good. Grafted neck, back button and upper edge restored, pegholes bushed. $20,000 - $30,000

Additional Information and Images Available on Kestenbaum.net 27 99 MODERN VIOLIN. Shan Jiang, Beijing, 2005, bearing the maker’s original label, length of one-piece back 355 mm., with case. Very good. $5000 - $7000 Lot 99

100 COMPOSITE VIOLIN. Labeled JOSEPH HOELMER/ GEIGENMAGER/RAG 1784, length of one-piece back 362 mm., with case. Various repaired and unrepaired face cracks, the later scroll, minor hairline edge fractures adjacent to button. $2000 - $3000

Lot 100

28 101 MODERN VIOLIN. Labeled GIOVANNI PAGANI DI BRESCIA 1936, length of two-piece back 356 mm., with case. Lot 101 Good. $2000 - $3000

102 AMERICAN VIOLIN. Robert Brode, Philadelphia, 1992, bearing the maker’s label, length of two-piece back 353 mm., with case. Wear to edges, small abrasions to top. $3000 - $5000

Lot 102

Additional Information and Images Available on Kestenbaum.net 29 103 AMERICAN VIOLA. John Aleksa, Oakland, Indiana, 1963, bearing the maker’s original label, length of back 16 5/8 in., with case. Lot 103 Good, no visible cracks, minor surface scratches and abrasions. $800 - $1200

104 ENGLISH VIOLA. John Cockburn, Sheffield, 2009, bearing maker’s label, length of two-piece back 16 3/16 in., with case. Very good. $2400 - $3000

Lot 104

30 105 VIOLA. c. 1920, labeled RECONSTRUCTED BY/E HOFFMAN/VIOLIN MAKER/2545 N 2ND ST PHILA ANNO 1948, length of two-piece back 16 1/8 in., with case. Button repair, pegbox fractures. $800 - $1200

106 MODERN VIOLA. c. 1920, labeled SEBASTIEN VUILLAUME A PARIS/27 BOULEVARD BONNE NOUVELLE STV, length of one- piece back 15 1/2 in., with case. Fingerboard detached, face cracks. Surface scratches and abrasions. Lot 105 Lot 106 $400 - $600

107 GERMAN VIOLA. c. 1980, labeled ARTHUR TELLER/ GEIGENBAUMEISTER BUBENREUTH, ERL/ GERMANY/1979, length of two- piece back 16 1/16 in., with case and nickel-mounted bow. Good, surface scratches and abrasions. $800 - $1200

108 GERMAN VIOLA. c. 1950, Alois Sander Workshop, labeled MADE IN/WESTERN/GERMANY, length of two-piece back 16 1/8 in., with case. Surface scratches and abrasions. Some fl aking of varnish on top. Not set up. $400 - $600

Lot 107 Lot 108

Additional Information and Images Available on Kestenbaum.net 31 109 SAXON VIOLONCELLO. Hopf School, c. 1850, labeled 3223, length of two-piece back 742 mm., with soft bag. Original neck, heat damage to varnish on scroll, pegholes bushed, surface scratches and abrasions. $6000 - $8000

32 110 GERMAN VIOLONCELLO. c. 1950, unlabeled, length of two-piece back 750 mm. Face crack, treble ff to lower edge, varnish loss along top center seam, missing D peg, surface scratches and abrasions. $800 - $1200

111 GERMAN VIOLONCELLO. c. 1920, labeled ANTONIO LOVERI/VIOLIN MAKER, length of back 757 mm. Neck loose, button broken, open Lot 110 Lot 111 seams, not set up. $400 - $600

112 GERMAN VIOLONCELLO. c. 1920, labeled ANTONIUS STRADIVARIUS…MADE IN WESTERN GERMANY, length of two-piece back 700 mm. Face crack in upper treble bout, 26 cm. Repaired face fractures adjacent to saddle, 12 and 17 cm. Fingerboard loose. $500 - $700

113 GERMAN VIOLONCELLO. c. 1960, labeled PIETRO FANTOZZI…, length of two-piece back 757 mm. $600 - $800

Lot 112 Lot 113 Additional Information and Images Available on Kestenbaum.net 33 114 CHILD’S FRENCH VIOLIN. Labeled COMPAGNON, length of one-piece back 338 mm., with case. Surface scratches and abrasions. $800 - $1000

115 GERMAN VIOLIN. c. 1900, labeled ‘…ANGERER…” $400 - $600

116 MODERN VIOLIN. Labeled GASPARO DA SALO IN Lot 114 Lot 115 BRESCIA, length of one-piece back 360 mm., with case. Good, grafted neck. $400 - $600

117 GERMAN VIOLIN. c. 1870, labeled GIOVANNI DOLLENZ, FECIT IN TRIESTE ANNO 1749, length of two-piece back 356 mm. Back edge fractures adjacent to top button, grafted neck, face cracks from lower edge, bass side upper corner of top broken and glued. $600 - $800

Lot 116 Lot 117 34 118 MODERN GERMAN VIOLIN. c. 1930, unlabeled, length of two- piece back 350 mm. Good. $600 - $800

119 MODERN GERMAN VIOLIN. Schroetter Workshop, c. 1950, labeled A SCHROETTER, GEIGENBAUMEISTER/ MITTENWALD BAYERN/MADE IN GERMANY, length of back 357 Lot 118 Lot 119 mm., with case. Good. $800 - $1200

120 VIOLIN. c. 1890, unlabeled, the back inlaid with pearl and purfl ing in geometric designs, length of two-piece back 360 mm. Good, pegbox bushed. $400 - $600

121 GERMAN VIOLIN. c. 1910, unlabeled, length of two-piece back 358 mm. Good, surface scratches and abrasions. $600 - $800

Lot 120 Lot 121 Additional Information and Images Available on Kestenbaum.net 35 122 GERMAN VIOLIN. c. 1910, unlabeled, length of two-piece back 360 mm. Good, surface scratches and abrasions. $800 - $1200

123 MODERN VIOLIN. Branded ANTONIO CURATOLI to the interior back, length of two-piece back 358 mm. Very good, minor scratches. $600 - $800 Lot 122 Lot 123

124 GERMAN VIOLIN. Karl Hofner, Bubenreuth, 1962, bearing the maker’s label, length of back 357 mm., with bow and case. Very good. $400 - $600

125 JAPANESE VIOLIN. c. 1930, Suzuki Nagoya, unlabeled, length of two-piece back 358 mm. Low neck angle, missing upper nut, surface scratches and abrasions. $400 - $600

Lot 124 Lot 125 36 126 GERMAN VIOLIN. c. 1930, labeled ANTONIUS STRADIVARIUS…, length of two- piece back 370 mm. Good, surface scratches and abrasions. $600 - $800

127 GERMAN VIOLIN. c. 1900, labeled JACOBUS STAINER IN ABSAM/PROPE OEMIPONTEM 1701, length of one-piece back 360 mm. Good, missing upper nut, surface scratches and abrasions. $400 - $600

Lot 126 Lot 127 128 CHILD’S FRENCH VIOLIN. c. 1900, unlabeled, length of one- piece back 335 mm. Good, Surface grime, scratches and abrasions. $400 - $600

129 GERMAN VIOLIN. H.T. Heberlein Workshop, Markneukirchen, c. 1920, labeled HEINRICH TH HEBERLEIN JR/MARKNEUKIRCHEN 1915, COPIE OF JOSEPH GUARNERIUS, length of two- piece back 358 mm., with case. Repaired saddle crack, wing crack treble side, lower back seam repaired and retouched. Grafted neck. $400 - $600

Lot 128 Lot 129 Additional Information and Images Available on Kestenbaum.net 37 130 GERMAN VIOLIN. c. 1930, labeled HARRY NEWCORN & SON INC/MUSICAL MERCHANDISE, 140 PARK ROW, and bearing repair label ALBERT WALLER/ MINNEAPOLIS MINN USA 1940, length of back 358 mm., with case. Good, surface scratches and abrasions. $300 - $500

131 GERMAN VIOLIN. c. 1880, labeled ANNO 1713 CARLO BERGONZI/FECE IN CREMONA, and bearing the repair label REPARIRT VON/MARTIN SCHUBERT/ SCHLAUSINGER? 1898, length of one-piece back 362 mm., with Lot 130 Lot 131 case. Face fracture, upper treble bout, wing fractures, wedge under fingerboard. Inlay repair to underside of neck. $400 - $600

132 GERMAN VIOLIN. Markneukirchen, c. 1920, unlabeled, length of two-piece back 357 mm., with case. Button repair, neck detached. Repaired face cracks. $400 - $600

133 GERMAN VIOLIN. Markneukirchen, c. 1920, unlabeled, length of two-piece back 358 mm., with case. Neck heel repaired with pin through button. Missing G and D pegs. Surface scratches and abrasions. $400 - $600

Lot 132 Lot 133 38 134 FRENCH VIOLIN. Probably Jermome Thibouville-Lamy, Mirecourt, c. 1920, labeled ANTONIUS STRADIVARIUS, length of back 360 mm., with case. Surface scratches and abrasions. c. 1900 $800 - $1200

135 GERMAN VIOLIN. c. 1925, branded internally and labeled GA PFRETZSCHNER/HAND MADE REPRODUCTION/ JOHANNES ANTONIJ GUADAGNINI/MADE BY GA PFRETZSCHNER, length of two- piece back 352 mm. Lot 134 Lot 135 Good, surface scratches and abrasions. $400 - $600

136 GERMAN VIOLIN. c. 1910, labeled ANTONIUS STRADIVARIUS…, length of two- piece back 358 mm. Fingerboard detached. Surface scratches and abrasions. $400 - $600

137 GERMAN VIOLIN. Markneukirchen, c. 1920, labeled PIETRO BERGONZI/FECIT CREMONAE, length of two-piece back 360 mm. Various repaired face cracks. Surface scratches and abrasions. Missing D, A pegs. $600 - $800

Lot 136 Lot 137 Additional Information and Images Available on Kestenbaum.net 39 138 MODERN VIOLIN. 143 GERMAN VIOLIN. Anton Unlabeled, length of two- Schuster Workshop, c. piece back 358 mm., with 1960, bearing maker’s label, case. length of one-piece back 359 mm. Surface scratches and abrasions. Minor surface scratches and $500 - $700 abrasions. Missing upper nut. 139 VIOLIN. c. 1860, labeled $60 - $80 CARLO ANTONIO TESTORE FIGLIO 144 VIOLIN. c. 1890, unlabeled, MAGGIORE/DEL FU length of one-piece back CARLO GIUSEPPE IN 358 mm. CONTRADA/LARGA AL Varnish check, damaged SEGNO DEL AQUILA 1789, button joint, loss at corners length of one-piece back and edges of top, inlay 354 mm., with case. repair to pegbox, missing Top removed, repaired D, A pegs. back fractures, distressed $300 - $500 varnish. Surface scratches and abrasions. 145 CHILD’S GERMAN $400 - $600 VIOLIN. c. 1900, labeled JOHANN ULRICH 140 ENGLISH VIOLIN. FICHTL, length of one- Riccardo Fairhurst, piece back 338 mm. Lot 138 Lot 139 Lot 148 Liverpool, 1920, bearing Missing fi ngerboard, upper the maker’s original label, nut. Wear to top edges and length of two-piece back 355 corners. mm. $200 - $400 Good, minor surface scratches and abrasions, 146 GERMAN VIOLIN. missing bridge. c. 1900, labeled COPY $400 - $600 OF/ANTONIUS STRADIVARIUS/MADE IN 141 GERMAN VIOLIN. c. 1900, GERMANY, length of two- labeled THE KOSCHAT piece back 357 mm. VIOLIN/GERMANY/ Missing pegs, saddle, open COPY OF GUARNERIUS, seams. length of two-piece back 358 $200 - $400 mm. Surface scratches and 147 CZECH VIOLIN. c. 1930, abrasions. Wing fractures. labeled ANTONIUS Missing upper nut. GAGLIANO FILIUS, $400 - $600 NICOLAI FECIT NEAP 1785, 215, length of two- 142 FRENCH VIOLIN. c. 1920, piece back 356 mm. labeled MOITESSIER, Minor chips, surface length of one-piece back scratches. Saddle fractures, 362 mm. treble side. Small fracture to back at c. 1920. $300 - $500 soundpost position. Missing pegs, upper nut. $300 - $500

Lot 140 Lot 141 Lot 150

40 148 TYROLEAN VIOLIN. 153 GERMAN VIOLA. c. 1860, labeled Labeled JOHN JUZEK, ANTON SCHAENDEL VIOLINMAKER GEIGENMACHER/IN FORMERLY IN / MITTENWALD 1804, MADE IN GERMANY, length of one-piece back length of two-piece back 15 355 mm., with case. 3/8 in., with case. Repaired face crack above Missing fi ngerboard, top bass ff, repaired treble nut. wing crack, repaired lower $300 - $500 bass side corner of back. Buckling of back edge at 154 MODERN VIOLIN. chinrest clamp. Unlabeled, length of two- $800 - $1200 piece back 355 mm. Heat damage to oil varnish 149 GERMAN VIOLIN. c. on back, ribs, scroll. 1920, labeled THEVENIN/ $200 - $400 LUTHIER BREVETE PARIS, length of one-piece 155 CHILD’S GERMAN back 359 mm., with case. VIOLIN. c. 1970, labeled Repaired 9 cm saddle crack, ANTON SCHROETTER/ bass side. Surface scratches VIOLINMAKER IN and abrasions. MITTENWALD, 1974, $400 - $600 length of one-piece back Lot 139 Lot 148 Lot 149 333 mm., with case. 150 MODERN VIOLIN. Good, surface scratches and Labeled ALFREDUS DEL abrasions. LUNGO FIORENTINUS/ $200 - $400 FECIT TUCUMANAE ANNO DEI 1934, length of 156 CHILD’S CZECH VIOLIN. two-piece back 357 mm. c. 1950, labeled NIKOL Distressed varnish, face AMATI, length of two-piece fractures at soundpost and back 337 mm., with case. saddle, trebe side. Worn top edges and $600 - $800 corners. Surface scratches and abrasions. 151 GERMAN VIOLIN. c. 1920, $300 - $500 unlabeled, length of two- piece back 360 mm, with 157 CHILD’S GERMAN case. VIOLIN. c. 1950, labeled Good, missing pegs, minor EH PFRETZSCHNER/ fracture above upper lobe MITTENWALD OBB/1956, of trebe ff, minor surface length of two-piece back 337 scratches and abrasions. mm., with case. $400 - $600 Good. $200 - $400 152 CHILD’S VIOLIN. c. 1910, labeled SAITE FUR SAITE GUTE MUSIK…, length of two-piece back 333 mm. Top center seam repair, surface scratches and abrasions. $200 - $300

Lot 150 Lot 151

Additional Information and Images Available on Kestenbaum.net 41 158 VIOLIN. Labeled LUDOVICUS GUERSAN/ PROPE/ COMOEDIAM/ GALLICAM/ LUTETICE/ ANNO/ 176-, length of two-piece back 358 mm., with case. Very good, pegbox bushed. Lot 158 $1500 - $1800

159 TYROLEAN VIOLIN. c. 1780, labeled MICHAEL BOLLER GEIGENMACHER IN/ MITTENWALD AN DER JSER 1796, length of back 354 mm. Neck graft, pegbox bushings, wing cracks, inlay repair at soundpost position, with case. $1800 - $2400

Lot 159

42 160 SWISS VIOLIN. J. Emil Zust Workshop, Zurich, c. 1920, labeled NR 6057 AUS DEM LAGER VON J.E. ZUST/17 THEATERSTR 16 ZURICH/WERKSTATTE FUR GEIGENBAU UND REPARATUREN, length of two- piece back 358 mm. Lot 160 Good, some varnish reticulation, minor surface scratches, not set up. $1800 - $2400

161 FRENCH VIOLIN. c. 1900, unlabeled, length of one-piece back 364 mm. Repaired fractures in treble bridge foot area. Surface scratches and abrasions. $4000 - $6000

Lot 161

Additional Information and Images Available on Kestenbaum.net 43 162 FRENCH VIOLIN. 167 GERMAN VIOLA. E.H. Mirecourt, c. 1930, labeled JB Roth, , c. 1970, COLLIN 1939 MIRECOURT branded internally and and ANTONIUS bearing maker’s label, STRADIVARIUS…, length of length of two-piece back 16 two-piece back 360 mm., with 5/8 in., with case. case. Varnish fl aking loss to top, Missing section of purfl ing, one back corner. Surface 32 mm., lower edge of scratches and abrasions. back, missing lower saddle. $200 - $400 Otherwise good. $800 - $1200 168 FRENCH VIOLIN. Mirecourt, c. 1910, branded 163 FRENCH VIOLIN. internally BRETON c. 1920, labeled NICOLAS BREVETE/DE SARM, BERTHOLINI/LUTHIER length of one-piece back DE S M L’EMPEREUR/ 361 mm. ET DE LA COUR DE Various repaired face FRANCE/FECIT ANNO cracks. Missing pegs, upper 1810, length of two-piece nut. back 360 mm., with case. $300 - $500 Good. Surface scratches and abrasions. 169 GERMAN VIOLIN. c. 1920, $600 - $800 probably Markneukirchen, unlabeled, length of one- 164 FRENCH VIOLIN. piece back 360 mm., with Mirecourt, c. 1930, labeled case. Lot 162 Lot 163 MODELE D’APRES/ Lower treble rib detached ATONIUS STRADIVARIUS at corner, repaired face CREMONENSIS, length of crack below treble ff. Surface two-piece back 358 mm., scratches and abrasions. with case. $300 - $500 Saddle fracture, treble side, varnish chips, varnish loss 170 FRENCH VIOLIN. at fi ne tuner location. Probably Jerome $400 - $600 Thibouville-Lamy, c. 1910, unlabeled, length of two- 165 GERMAN VIOLIN. piece back 358 mm., with c. 1925, labeled GUSTAVE bow and case. FEDOR HEBERLEIN/ Good. Surface scratches and MARKNEUKIRCHEN, abrasions. 1925, MADE IN GERMANY, $300 - $500 length of two-piece back 354 mm., with case. 171 GERMAN VIOLIN. Top center seam separating c. 1910, labeled FRANCOIS at bottom. Missing D,A,E LEJEUNE RUE DE LA/ pegs. JUIVERIE A PARIS 1755, $400 - $600 length of one-piece back 359 mm., with case. 166 MODERN VIOLIN. Knot inlay repair to back. c. 1990, labeled Pegholes bushed. VIOLMASTER/HERITAGE $200 - $400 OF/ANTONIUS STRADIVARIUS/ CONCERTMASTER 1995 PRC, length of two-piece back 356 mm., with case. Very good. $300 - $500 Lot 164 Lot 165

44 172 FRENCH VIOLIN. 177 FRENCH VIOLIN. c. 1900, Mirecourt, c. 1920, possibly Derazey Workshop, unlabeled, length of two- labeled ANTONIUS piece back 358 mm., with STRADIVARIUS, length of case. one-piece back 360 mm., with case. Good. Surface scratches and abrasions. Nail through button, loss $400 - $600 at button, back fracture 9 cm adjacent to button, wing 173 GERMAN VIOLIN. c. 1900, cracks, surface scratches labeled CARL FISCHER/ and abrasions. MODERN CREMONA/ $200 - $400 THE CONCERT MASTER/ NEW YORK 1916, length of 178 MODERN FRENCH one-piece birdseye maple VIOLIN. Labeled back 368 mm., with case. ANTONIUS STRADIVARIUS…, length Fingerboard detached, face of two-piece back 358 mm., crack below bass ff to lower with case. edge, open top center seam, saddle fracture, treble side. Good, missing top nut, Missing top nut. broken edge of scroll volute $400 - $600 re-glued. Lower bass corner of top restored. 174 GERMAN VIOLIN. c. 1920, $300 - $500 labeled GRADUATED BY EJ Lot 172 Lot 173 /CLEVELAND OHIO 179 CZECH VIOLIN. c. 1900, 1929, length of two-piece labeled COPY OF/GIOVAN back 362 mm. PAOLO MAGGINI/MADE IN CZECHO-SLOWAKIA, Repaired face cracks at length of two-piece back 358 upper and lower edges. mm., with case. Surface scratches and abrasions. Surface scratches and $400 - $600 abrasions. $200 - $300 175 GERMAN VIOLIN. H.T. Heberlein Workshop, 180 CHILD’S GERMAN Markneukirchen, c. 1920, VIOLIN. c. 1960, labeled MADE IN THE labeled ANDREAS ATELIER OF/HEINRICH PFRETZSCHNER/ TH HEBERLEIN JR/ HANDARBEIT MARKNEUKIRCHEN COPIE/ANTONIUS 1909/MADE IN GERMANY, STRADIVARIUS, 3/4, length of two-piece back length of two-piece back 339 360 mm. mm with bow and case. Saddle crack, treble side Surface scratches and (12cm) worn top edges, abrasions. otherwise good. Missing $200 - $400 top nut. $400 - $600 181 GERMAN VIOLIN. c. 1930, unlabeled, length of two- 176 GERMAN VIOLIN. c. 1900, piece back 358 mm., with unlabeled, length of two- case. piece back 360 mm., with Fingerboard detached. case. Large face crack 22 cm from Face crack, lower bout of treble side saddle edge. treble side, 11 cm. Surface $200 - $400 scratches and abrasions. $300 - $500 Lot 165 Lot 174 Lot 175

Additional Information and Images Available on Kestenbaum.net 45 182 COMPOSITE VIOLIN. 187 GERMAN VIOLA. c. 1960, c. 1860, in the manner unlabeled, length of two- of Andrea Castagneri, piece back 15 5/16 in., with inscribed CARA 1837, case. length of one-piece back Surface scratches and 354 mm. abrasions. Hairline crack, Later scroll with loss to lower treble bout. Missing volute, knot inlay to upper G peg. back. Surface scratches and $300 - $500 abrasions. $600 - $800 188 GERMAN VIOLA. c. 1960, labeled JOHN JUZEK/ 183 GERMAN VIOLIN. VIOLINMAKER IN c. 1920, labeled PRAGUE…, length of two- REVISTO DA CARLO piece back 15 3/8 in. FERDINANDO/ Treble side face crack, LANDOLFI/ANNO 1741, bottom edge to lower lobe length of one-piece back of ff. Surface scratches and 358 mm. abrasions. Worn edges and Good. Surface scratches and corners. abrasions. $200 - $400 $400 - $600 189 GERMAN VIOLA. c. 1970, Lot 182 Lot 183 184 FRENCH VIOLIN. unlabeled, length of two- Mirecourt, c. 1920, piece back 15 5/8 in., with unlabeled, length of one- case. piece back 359 mm. Surface scratches and Minor surface scratches and abrasions. Fingerboard abrasions. Loss to upper detached. treble corner of top. Missing $200 - $400 pegs. $400 - $600 190 HUNGARIAN VIOLA. Labeled MADE IN 185 GERMAN VIOLIN. /1967, length of Markneukirchen, c. 1920, two-piece back 15 1/8 in., with labeled JOHANN GEORGE case and bow. FICKER/VIOLINMACHER $100 - $200 IN NEUKIRCHEN, length of two-piece back 357 mm, 191 CZECH VIOLA. c. 1950, with case. labeled ANTONIO STRADIVARIUS…, MADE Repaired 7.5cm face crack IN , below upper lobe of bass length of one-piece back 17 ff. Surface scratches and 7/16 in., with case. abrasions. $600 - $800 Good, surface dirt and scratches. 186 GERMAN VIOLA. $100 - $200 c. 1950, labeled MADE IN/ WESTERN/GERMANY, length of two-piece back 15 9/16., with case. Good. Surface scratches and abrasions. $200 - $400

Lot 184 Lot 185

46 192 GERMAN VIOLIN. 197 GERMAN VIOLONCELLO. Markneukirchen, c. 1920, c. 1950, unlabeled, length of labeled JOHANNES two-piece back 752 mm. BAPTISTA GUADAGNINI/ Open back center seam, CREMONENSIS FECIT varnish loss to top. PARMAE/CSR 1735. $200 - $300 Broken scroll. $400 - $600 198 GERMAN VIOLONCELLO. c. 1960, 193 CZECH VIOLIN. c. 1900, labeled JOHN JUZEK…, labeled F HOMOLKA length of two-piece back 755 FECIT/PRAGUE ANNO mm. 1850,. Various face cracks in block Good, missing upper areas. Missing pegs, saddle. nut and D peg. Surface $500 - $700 scratches and abrasions. $800 - $1200 199 GERMAN VIOLA. c. 1910, bearing the 194 MODERN VIOLIN. repair label REP BY G c. 1910, possibly American, ROTHAMMER/APRIL 20 unlabeled, length of one- 1923/CLEVELAND OHIO, piece back 353 mm. length of two-piece back 15 1/2 in., with case. Lot 192 Lot 193 Wedge under fi ngerboard, repaired face crack from Surface scratches and lower lobe of treble ff to abrasions. Worn top edges. bottom edge, repaired wing $200 - $300 fractures. $400 - $600 200 GERMAN VIOLA. c. 1950, labeled SCHEHRL 195 GERMAN VIOLIN. c. 1950, & ROTH…, length of two- PIETRO ANTONIO DALLA piece back 16 in., with case COSTA, FECE IN TREVISO and nickel-mounted bow. ANNO 1736, length of two- Minor scratches, chips. piece back 361 mm. $100 - $200 Good, hairline fracture 6 cm near treble side of 201 GERMAN saddle. Surface scratches VIOLONCELLO. c. 1880, and abrasions. unlabeled, length of two- $600 - $800 piece back 757 mm. Various face fractures, 196 GERMAN lower bouts, missing saddle, VIOLONCELLO. c. 1900, pegs, rib fractures, surface labeled JOHN JUZEK/ scratches and abrasions. VIOLINMAKER IN $300 - $500 PRAGUE/MADE IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA, length of back 755 MM. Not set up, various face cracks, missing pegs, saddle, repair at neck button, upper treble corner of top chipped. $300 - $500

Lot 194 Lot 195

Additional Information and Images Available on Kestenbaum.net 47 202 SILVER-MOUNTED VIOLIN BOW. The round stick stamped LAPIERRE at the butt, the plain silver adjuster, the ebony frog with parisian eye. $1400 - $1800

203 SILVER-MOUNTED VIOLIN BOW. Attributed to Louis Bazin, the round stick stamped BALDONI BS AIRES, the silver and ebony adjuster, the ebony frog with pearl eye. Good. $1800 - $2400

48 204 VIOLIN BOW. August Prell. 213 GERMAN VIOLA. Unlabeled, 218 CHIESA, CARLO AND $200 - $400 ascribed to Hans Kogel, length ROSENGARD, DUANE. The of two-piece back 15 3/4 in., with Stradivari Legacy, London 1998. 205 NINE VIOLIN BOWS. Various case. [Letter: Erich Lachman, $30 - $50 makers and mounts. Los Angeles, May 22, 1952 $100 - $200 (photocopy), with translation.] 219 VATELOT, ETIENNE. Les Button repair, loss to upper back Archets Français, Two Volumes. 206 FIVE NICKEL-MOUNTED edge, lower treble edge of top. $600 - $800 BRAZILWOOD BOWS. Various $400 - $600 mounts. 220 SIX BOOKS ON AND $120 - $180 214 PORTABLE ELECTRONIC VIOLIN MAKERS. Laurie, ORGAN. Casio, Model Casiotone David, The Reminiscences of 207 SIX PERNAMBUCO BOARDS. 601, the 61 keys, preset Tone, a Dealer; Pickering, Lengths measuring 35-40 in., Rhythm, Chord and Effect keys. Norman, The Violin World; widths 2-23/4 in. Fairfi eld, John, Known Violin Missing standard 3-prong AC $100 - $200 Makers; Boyden, David, power cord. Catalogue of The Hill Collection $60 - $80 208 SIX PERNAMBUCO BOARDS. of Musical Instruments in the Lengths measuring 35-40 in., Ashmolean Museum, Oxford; W. 215 ITALIAN DOUBLE-CHAMBER widths 2-23/4 in. Henry Hill, Arthur F. Hill, and PIANO ACCORDION. Labeled $100 - $200 Alfred E. Hill, Antonio Stradivari, LA PRIMA PRODUCT/MADE His Life and Work (1644-1737); IN ITALY, the celluloid case and 209 LOT OF 7 VIOLINS. Including Paganini’s Violin, Its History, 24 natural keys, the 17 accidental one child’s violin. Sound and Photographs. keys, the nine tone switches $60 - $80 Child’s 1/2 size missing volute of comprising close, piccolo, scroll, one German violin in good clarinet, oboe, master, organ, 221 ROSENGARD, DUANE. condition, fi ve violins in restorable bandon, bassoon, and open Cremonese Double Basses, condition. positions, with hard shell case. Cremona, 1992, Limited edition $800 - $1200 Good, no visible leaks in bellows, no. 495 of 1000. keys and reeds functional. $60 - $100 210 LOT OF 8 VIOLINS. Various Replaced back pad. makers and sizes, including three $100 - $200 222 WENBERG, THOMAS. The child’s violins. Violin Makers of the United Restorable condition. One violin 216 PIANO ACCORDION. Labeled States, Mt. Hood, 1986. missing pegbox, one missing MADE IN ITALY, the celluloid $80 - $100 fi n g e r b o a r d . case and 24 natural keys, the 17 $800 - $1200 glitter accidental keys, the fi ve 223 FIVE BOOKS ON VIOLINS. tone switches comprising master, Molenaar, Pete, Stradivari - 211 LOT OF 5 CHILD’S VIOLINS bassoon, master, clarinet and Cremona Mystery Disclosed; AND SMALL VIOLAS. master, the hard shell case. Gill, Dominic, The Book of the $300 - $500 Good, reeds and keys functioning, Violin; Menuhin, Yehudi, The leather straps and bellows in good Violin; Montalbano, Giorgio, 212 GERMAN VIOLA. c. 1970, condition. The Antique Violin; Associazione unlabeled, length of two-piece $100 - $150 Liutaria Italiana, Gruppo Liutai e back 15 in., with case. Archettai Professionisti. Back soundpost crack. 217 PORTABLE ELECTRONIC $40 - $60 $200 - $400 KEYBOARD. Casio, c. 1985, labeled CASIOTONE MT-500/ CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD. MADE IN JAPAN, 49 keys, drum pads, drum sounds, rhythm and instrument keys. Missing 9v power cord. $80 - $100

Additional Information and Images Available on Kestenbaum.net 49 224 THREE BOOKS ON VIOLIN 229 FOUR BOOKS ON CLASSICAL 233 EIGHT MONOGRAPHS - MAKERS. Machold Rare Violins, AND MODERN VIOLIN MACHOLD VIOLINS. Antonius Antonio Stradivari, Violoncello, MAKING. Iviglia, Giovanni, Stradivarius, Cremona 1677, Cremona 1696 Ex-Prince Gursky; Celeste Farotti: Reprint and The Sunrise; Antonio Stradivari, Magrini, Cesare, Augusto e Translation of Text: “Portrait of a Cremona 1679, Ex-Parera; Gaetano Pollastri: Liutaio in Violin Maker”; Dassenno, Flavio Antonio Stradivari, Cremona Bologna 1877-1960; Mosconi, and Ravasio, Ugo, Gasparo da 1708-09, Ex-Andrejeus; Antonio Andrea and Witten, Laurence, Salo e la liuteria bresciana tra Stradivari, Cremona 1679, Capolavori di Andrea Amati. Rinascimento e Barocco; And Ex-Hellier; Antonius Stradivarius, $40 - $60 they made violins in Cremona Cremona 1683 Ex-De Ahna; from Renaissance to Romantic Antonio Stradivari, Cremona 225 THREE BOOKS IN GERMAN. era; Joseph Guarnerius del Gesu: 1720, Ex-Rochester; Joseph Albert, Fuchs, Taxe der Cremona 1995. Guarnerius del Gesu, Cremona Streichinstrumente; Möckel, $50 - $70 1735, Ex- “Ladenburg”; Joseph Otto, Kunst des Geigenbaues; Guarnerius del Gesu, Cremona von Lütgendorff, Willibald, Die 230 HENLEY, WILLIAM. Universal 1736, Ex-Count Cessol. Geigen und Lautenmacher. Dictionary of Violin and Bow $150 - $200 $40 - $60 Makers, Volume 1. $50 - $70 234 BLOT, ERIC. Anno 1733 Carlo 226 FIVE BOOKS ON MODERN Bergonzi fece in Cremona. ITALIAN VIOLIN MAKING. 231 SIX BOOKS BY CREMONA $30 - $50 Nicolini, Gualtiero and Scolari, BOOKS. Varnishes and Very Giorgio, The Birth of a Violin; Curious secrets Cremona 1747; 235 TWO BOOKS ON VIOLIN Nicolini, Gualtiero, Liutai Italiani Antonio Stradivari Reports BOWS. Roda, Joseph, Bows for Di Ieri E Di Oggi; Baruzzi, and Documents 1937; The Musical Instruments; Bolander, Arnaldo, La Casa Nuziale: The Violinmakers of the Marches with John, Violin Bow Making. Home of Antonio Stradivari 1667- Reports Concerning the Organ $500 - $700 1680; Nicolini, Gualtiero, The Makers Vincenzo and Giovanni International School of Cremona Paci 1935; The Violinmaker 236 BEARE, CHARLES. Antonio Two Score Years of Violin-Making; Cesare Candi and Paganini’s Stradivari: The Cremona Nicolini, Gualtiero, Cremona ei Violin 1948; Ancient Luthier’s Exhibition of 1987, London, 1993. suoi violini. Craft in Gorizia The Pelizon $300 - $400 $40 - $60 Family 1939; Three Sons of the Langhe 1903. 237 HILL, WILLIAM, HILL, 227 FOUR BOOKS ON VIOLINS OF $80 - $100 ARTHUR, AND HILL, BOLOGNA. Regazzi, Roberto ALFRED. The Violin Makers of and Pasqual, Sandro, Lutherie 232 FIVE BOOKS ON VIOLIN the Guarneri Family (1626-1762), in Bologna: Roots & Success, VARNISH. Fairfi eld, John, London, 1931. Carletti, Gabriele, Ansaldo Poggi, Known Violin Makers; Hill, W. $300 - $500 Violin-Maker; Carletti, Gabriele, Henry, Hill, Arthur, and Hill, Ansaldo Poggi, Violin-Maker; The Alfred, Antonio Stradivar; 238 CHILDS, PAUL. The Bowmakers Sound of Bologna: from Raffaele Michelman, Joseph, Violin of the Peccatte Family, Montrose, Fiorini to the Great Masters of the Varnish; Fry, George, Italian 1996, number 280 of 400. 20th Century. Violin Varnishes; Millant, Roger $250 - $300 $40 - $60 and Millant, Max, Manuel De Lutherie. 239 DORING, ERNEST. The 228 FIVE BOOKS ON VIOLIN $50 - $70 Guadagnini Family of Violin COLLECTING AND Makers, , 1949, First RESTORATION. Willcutt, J. Edition Number 786 of 1,500. Robert and Ball, Kenneth, The $200 - $300 Collector; Hill, W. Henry, Hill, Arthur, and 240 GRÜNKE, KLAUS, SCHMIDT, Hill, Alfred, Antonio Stradivari C. HANS-KARL, AND His Life and Work (1644-1737); ZUNTERER, WOLFGANG. Farga, Franz, Violins and German Bowmakers, two Violinists; The Shrine to Music volumes, number 88 of 200, Museum - A Pictorial Souvenir; signed by the authors. Deluxe Vettori, Carlo, Arte Leutaria, Leather-bound Edition Analysis of Antique Instruments $400 - $600 and Restoration Techniques. $20 - $30

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241 BROWN, CHRISTOPHER. 243 TWO BOOKS ON VIOLINS. 246 VIENNESE TRANSIT. Oil on Discovering Bows for the Double Arte, Leonardo, Triennale canvas. Titled and signed in Bass, Saint Paul, 1994, deluxe Internazionale Degli Strumenti Cyrillic lower right. Titled on edition, number 12 of 100, signed Ad Arco; Biddulph, Peter, The verso. Framed. 26 x 52 inches (66 x by the author. Violin Masterpieces of Guarneri 132.1 cm). $80 - $100 del Gesú. This large canvas humorously riffs $30 - $50 on the popular idea that almost 242 WOODCOCK, CYRIL. every Soviet-Jewish immigrant Dictionary of Contemporary 244 MILLIOT, SYLVETTE. Les transiting in Vienna on their way Violin and Bow Makers, Parisiens, 1994. to Israel from the USSR was either Standard Edition. $50 - $60 a pianist or a violinist. $20 - $30 Moscow, 1998 245 RICCI, RUGGIERO AND $1000 - $2000 FUSHI, GEOFF. The Miracle Makers Stradivari, Guarneri, Oliveira, Chicago, 1998, number 70 of 300, signed by the authors. $80 - $100

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