fiddlecollector Posted September 25, 2007 Report Share Posted September 25, 2007 http://www.christies.com/LotFi...px?intObjectId=4970801 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwight Brown Posted September 26, 2007 Report Share Posted September 26, 2007 Sure................... How much can you get for a kidney and a lung on the open market??? Sure would like to win the lottery! Dwight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilipG Posted September 26, 2007 Report Share Posted September 26, 2007 I am wondering, do you think that a violin like this, would ever be listed on eBay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodland Posted September 26, 2007 Report Share Posted September 26, 2007 I'm sure the photos will turn up on eBay before too long... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troutabout Posted September 26, 2007 Report Share Posted September 26, 2007 I'm going to wait until the last 4 seconds when my computer traditionally locks up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MANFIO Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 I find the model too narrow and elongated, the C bouts are not typical of Del Gesù's work... but I may be mad... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bean_fidhleir Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 My expertise, of course, can only be measured using negative numbers, but the narrowness of the body, the upright f-holes, and the mingy upper back corners on this fiddle look "funny" to me, compared to other GGdG fiddles whose photos I've seen. But perhaps that's just my middle-aged memory betraying me again. I was going to timidly and in a very small voice ask whether everyone else thinks this is really a dG (documentation aside), but that Manfio also apparently has doubts makes me feel MUCH better about asking. Does everyone agree that this is a real dG, regardless of documentation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve R. Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 Well, the description does specify "while under the discpline of his father", wouldn't you then expect it to look more like a Guarnari 'Filius Andreae'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miles Posted September 28, 2007 Report Share Posted September 28, 2007 $550K-$750K for a real dG these days sounds like a bargain. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tradfiddle Posted September 28, 2007 Report Share Posted September 28, 2007 Yes, but the documentation only goes back to the 30's, just after all those marvellous fakes by the Voller Brothers... So does a provenance reaching back only 70 years on a 275+ year old instrument really mean anything? I suppose that the Rembert Wurlitzer certificate is the best thing in its favour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiddlecollector Posted September 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2007 Id like to know how many other Filius Andrea/del Gesu instruments are described as such.Ive seen Filius Andrea violins going for under 100 K GBP,i think a more recent appraisal would be more appropriate for an item like this and why hasnt one been sort from Beares ,etc...It would surely add to the value or justify the present auction estimate. There hasnt been any Del Gesus up for auction for a good few years that im aware of ,i think this even if showing more the style of his father ,may still go a bit higher than the current estimate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MANFIO Posted September 28, 2007 Report Share Posted September 28, 2007 It's interesting that is hard to see descriptions like this: "A violin by Omobono Stradivari, showing some feature's of his father's hand". It's more likely that the instrument will be described as "A violin by Antonio Stradivari, showing some feature's of Omobono's hand"... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FINPROF Posted October 9, 2007 Report Share Posted October 9, 2007 I went to Christie's on Sunday with a friend who is also a player. There was a real professional who was trying out the "high-end" violins, including the del Jesu in the glass case by itself. To me, it looked more like an Amati than a del Jesu. It is much prettier in person than in the photos. The sound is not like an Amati, however. Of all the violins we tried, I liked the Testore (lot 250) the best. It was very open and clean. Its downside is inked-on purfling on the back. You can tell from the photo where the ink is missing from the bottom of the back. There weren't many people at Christie's which made it a really good trip for us. The only downer was that we didn't check whether Tarisio was open before we went to Tarisio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tradfiddle Posted October 13, 2007 Report Share Posted October 13, 2007 Well, she went for $937,000 including premium... obviously a few of the high and the mighty were impressed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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