Sold for:
$68,138
$68,138
Italian Violin, J. B. Gabrielli, Florence, 1766, labeled JOHANNES BAPTISTA, GABRIELLI FLORENTIUS, FECIT 1766, and bearing the registration label S-401, branded GBG at the lower rib, length of two-piece back 13 14/16 in., 353 mm, with case. Certificates: W.E. Hill & Sons, London, November 13, 1944; Rembert Wurlitzer, Inc., New York, November 27, 1971 (with the opinion that the head is later Italian work). Scroll attributed by Wurlitzer as " later Italian work". Repaired hairline rib fractures at upper treble. Two repaired face cracks under chinrest, three repaired hairline fractures (
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2009-10-11
