psm74 Posted October 8, 2017 Report Share Posted October 8, 2017 (edited) Client provided an unusual asset that needs verifying. Pictures provided have been taken by the client, though clearer, more precise images will be made available once in our custody. Open to comments please, as the asset has been held by the current owner for many years. Limited details until package is received the next few days. Edited October 8, 2017 by psm74 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacobsaunders Posted October 8, 2017 Report Share Posted October 8, 2017 You do not mention where you are, but if you were here (Austria) you would need a „Nachlassgericht“ for that. They would (quite rightly) say that they have no idea about violins, and appoint a „beeideter Sachverständiger“ (sworn in expert) which would as lightly as not be me. I would then tell the „Gericht“ (court) that it is a low quality Bohemian School violin from the end of the 19th C. in need of repair, and of little or no commercial value at all, and write you a bill for my services that excedes the value of the violin by quite a lot. My private advice on the side would be to shove it in the skip with the other junk, and pretend it had never existed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blank face Posted October 8, 2017 Report Share Posted October 8, 2017 There's a small chance that the bow is of some value, the lapping looks a bit interesting - but probably it's of the same level as the violin. Just not to forget about a look, when you have got it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violadamore Posted October 8, 2017 Report Share Posted October 8, 2017 Nothing "unusual" about that asset at all. Go look on eBay. Jacob nailed the provenance, and probably the economics as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psm74 Posted October 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2017 Thank you for the immediate comments. Much appreciated in saving us time and effort with this item. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puckfandan Posted October 8, 2017 Report Share Posted October 8, 2017 If you could sell for $175 on eBay you would be getting a good price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amateur Dieudonne Posted October 8, 2017 Report Share Posted October 8, 2017 The attribution is unquestionably a classic "Attic Strad" .......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violadamore Posted October 8, 2017 Report Share Posted October 8, 2017 36 minutes ago, Amateur Dieudonne said: The attribution is unquestionably a classic "Attic Strad" .......... It's a pity so much of Aristotle is lost. I'm sure he would have had a lot to say about them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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