$80,000
Italian Violin, Alessandro Gagliano, Naples c. 1720, labeled NICOLAUS GAGLIANO FILIUS, ALEXANDRI FECIT NEAP. 1754, and 9471, length of one-piece back 13 3/4 in., 352 mm, with case, (the later head probably by Joseph Gagliano). Letter: W.E Hill & Sons, London, December 4, 1931 Certificate: Kenneth Warren & Son, Ltd., Chicago, October 5, 1979 Various repaired hairline face cracks, repaired hairline back crack from button, approc. 16 cm, expertly done. Pegholes bushed. Top edge doubled. Mensure 19.3cm, string length 32cm. Inner C-bout edge, bass side replaced. (Note corrected measurement of body length is 352 mm.)
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2008-10-12