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Eric Blot, Un secolo di Liuteria Italiana 1860-1960 - A century of Italian Violin Making - Emilia e Romagna I, Cremona 1994 and 2003, ISBN 88-7929-026-6, ISBN 88-88360-05-0; Marlin Brinser, Dictionary of 20th Century Italian Violin Makers, 1978; The Strad, January 1984, Bologna - A living tradition of Violin Making; Vannes, Rene (1985) [1951].
[1] On 22 October 2010 Dietmar Machold initiated a restructuring proceeding with self-administration with regard to his private assets. On 1 December 2010 the court revoked his right to self-administer his assets. On 29 December 2010 the court appointed a committee of creditors and the proceedings were altered to include insolvency proceedings.
Its price, US$2,728,000 including Christie's commission, far outdid its estimated value: $1 million to $1.5 million. [66] On 14 October 2010, a 1697 Stradivari violin known as " The Molitor " was sold online by Tarisio Auctions for a world-record price of $3,600,000 to violinist Anne Akiko Meyers : at the time its price was the highest for any ...
STORY: This rare Stradivari violin could fetch $11 million at auctionThe 'Hellier' Stradivarius was made by Antonio Stradivari in 1679It's engraved with ivory diamonds and finished with a golden ...
Raffaele Fiorini (15 July 1828 – 18 October 1898) was an influential Italian violin maker. Innovator, personality and pioneer of the rebirth of Bolognese violinmaking, Fiorini was born at Musiano di Pian di Macina di Pianoro near Bologna. He spent his early years in Bazzano, where he learned the first elements of the craft while working with ...
Amati (/ ə ˈ m ɑː t i /, Italian:) is the last name of a family of Italian violin makers who lived at Cremona from about 1538 to 1740. Their importance is considered equal to those of the Bergonzi, Guarneri, and Stradivari families. Today, violins created by Nicolò Amati are valued at around $600,000. [1]
Pietro Guarneri was the eldest son of the master luthier Andrea Guarneri and Anna Maria di Orcelli, born in Cremona, Italy on 18 February 1655. Although the exact date he began working in his father's workshop is unknown, experts have found traces of his workmanship beginning about 1670 in instruments labeled as Andrea Guarneri.
Giuseppe Fiorini (1861–1934) was an Italian luthier and is considered one of the most important Italian violin makers. He built his first instrument at the age of 16 while working in Bologna. He established Rieger and Fiorini in Germany from 1888, then lived in Zurich during World War 1 and Rome from 1923.