$26,400
Viennese Violoncello, Johann Christoph Leidolff, Vienna, c. 1750, bearing the maker's label and the repair label ANTON FISCHER, REPARAVIT 1840, length of back 74.7 cm, with case. Certificate: Hans Weisshar & Son, Los Angeles, July 7, 1994 Very good. No soundpost crack in top or back. Repaired hailine saddle fractures and wing cracks. Repaired hairline fractures at neck joint of top. Repaired hairline fractures from loweredge, bass side; one approx. 22 cm, the other 10 cm. Repair to upper button of back, repaired hairline crack upper edge of bass side, back otherwise very clean. Ribs very clean a few repaired hairline cracks. Neck recently reset, neck heel stepped. Stop length 40.5 cm, string length 69 cm.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-10-14