October auction results

Here are the results from the October auctions, including the top lots and headline figures from five sales in London and three in the US. All sale prices include buyer’s premium.


London

Gardiner Houlgate
4 October

Top lots

1 Lot 72
A fine Italian violin, probably by Enrico Rocca, and labelled Joseph Rocca fecit, Premioto di Medaglie alle Esposizione di Torino, Genova, Londra e Parigi. Taurini, Anno Domini, 1858
Estimate £18,000–£25,000
Sale price £20,700

2 Lot 192
19th-century French double bass by and branded Plumerel
Estimate £3,000–£5,000
Sale price £6,080.62

3 Lot 12
Good English violin by and labelled Thoms Earle Hesketh, Manchester fecit 1904?
Estimate £2,000–£,3000
Sale price £4,830

4= Lot 189
Interesting small 18th-century cello
Estimate £5,000–£8,000
Sale price £4,600

4= Lot 193
18th-century English cello by and labelled Henry Jay, in Longacre, 1767
Estimate £4,000–£6,000
Sale price £4,600

4= Lot 196
French late 19th-century double bass
Estimate £3,000–£5,000
Sale price £4,600


No. of lots sold 145
Total value of lots sold £176,893
Percentage of lots sold by lot 74.74%



Sotheby’s
5 October

Top lots

1 Lot 31
A violin by Giuseppe Rocca, Turin, 1850
Estimate £80,000–£120,000
Sale price £169,250

2 Lot 212
A violin by Domenico Montagnana, Venice, c.1840
Estimate £100,000–£150,000
Sale price £133,250

3= Lot 88
A cello by Giulio Degani, Venice, 1921
Estimate £50,000–£70,000
Sale price £61,250

3= Lot 89
A cello, probably Milan, first half of the 18th century
Estimate £50,000–£70,000
Sale price £61,250

3= Lot 159
A violin by Raffaele and Antonio Gagliano, Naples, c.1840
Estimate £50,000–£70,000
Sale price £61,250

3= Lot 196
A violin, circle of Michele Deconet, Venice, 18th century
Estimate £40,000–£60,000
Sale price £61,250


No. of lots sold 139
Total value of lots sold £1,730,963
Percentage of lots sold by lot 64.65%



Bromptons
6 October

Top lots

1 Lot 59
A magnificent Italian cello by David Tecchler, Rome, 1701
Estimate £300,000–£500,000
Sale price £552,000

2 Lot 112
An extremely fine Italian violin by Carlo Tononi, Venice, 1733
Estimate £200,000–£300,000
Sale price £228,000

3= Lot 48
A fine and rare Italian cello by Leandro Bisiach, Milan, 1927
Estimate £50,000–£70,000
Sale price £60,000

3= Lot 109
A fine Italian violin by a member of the Gagliano family, probably Januarius
Estimate £50,000–£80,000
Sale price £60,000

5 Lot 74
An Italian violin by Leandro Bisiach, Milan, 1919
Estimate £25,000–£35,000
Sale price £39,600


No. of lots sold 121
Total value of lots sold £1,267,512
Percentage of lots sold by lot 62.37%



Bonhams
6 October

Top lots

1 Lot 72
An Italian violin by Giuseppe and Antonio Gagliano, Naples, 1801
Estimate £50,000–£60,000
Sale price £84,000

2 Lot 49
A Neapolitan violin by Raphael and Antonio Gagliano, c.1800
Estimate £45,000–£55,000
Sale price £72,000

3 Lot 87
An Italian violin by Joseph Gagliano, Naples, c.1780
Estimate £50,000–£60,000
Sale price £60,000

4 Lot 290
A fine English cello by Benjamin Banks, Salisbury, c.1790
Estimate £30,000–£40,000
Sale price £30,600

5 Lot 45
A French violin by Auguste Sebastien Philippe Bernardel, Paris, 1846
Estimate £20,000–£30,000
Sale price £25,200


No. of lots sold 192
Total value of lots sold £782,322
Percentage of lots sold by lot 61.74%



Tarisio
12 October

Top lots

1 Lot 88
A fine Italian violin by Carlo Giuseppe Testore, Milan, c.1700
Estimate £100,000–£150,000
Sale price £120,000

2 Lot 87
A fine Italian violin by Andrea Guarneri, Cremona, c.1680
Estimate £70,000–£100,000
Sale price £87,000

3 Lot 55
A fine Italian viola by Giacomo Rivolta, Milan, c.1830
Estimate £45,000–£60,000
Sale price £81,000

4 Lot 84
A good Italian violin by Marengo Romano Rinaldi, Turin, 1900
Estimate £15,000–£22,000
Sale price £30,000

5 Lot 46
A fine French violin bow by Eugene Sartory, c.1908
Estimate £20,000–£30,000
Sale price £24,000


No. of lots sold 68
Total value of lots sold £560,730
Percentage of lots sold by lot 80%




US

Christie’s
New York
8 October

Top lots (excluding guitars)

1 Lot 169
A violin by Vincenzo Ruggieri, with later head probably by Joseph Guarneri, Cremona, 1710
Estimate $200,000–$300,000
Sale price $242,500

2 Lot 159
A violin by Antonio and Girolamo Amati, Cremona, c.1619
Estimate $70,000–$90,000
Sale price $110,500

3 Lot 150
A cello by Thomas Dodd, London, c.1795
Estimate $30,000–$50,000
Sale price $80,500

4 Lot 43
A violin by Carlo Bisiach, Florence, 1924
Estimate $35,000–$55,000
Sale price $43,750

5 Lot 120
A silver-mounted cello bow by Pierre Simon for J.B. Vuillaume, Paris, c.1860
Estimate $15,000–$25,000
Sale price $30,000


No. of lots sold 128
Total value of lots sold $1,182,000
Percentage of lots sold by lot 77%



Skinner
Boston
10 October

Top lots (excluding guitars)

1 Lot 40
An Italian violin by Gennaro Gagliano, Naples, c.1760
Estimate $70,000–$100,000
Sale price $77,025

2 Lot 45
A composite violin, possibly Italian, c.1800
Estimate $8,000–$12,000
Sale price $39,105

3 Lot 50
An Italian violin by Gaetano Pollastri, Bologna, 1945
Estimate $30,000–$34,000
Sale price $38,512

4 Lot 48
An Italian violin, Mantua School, c.1780
Estimate $35,000–$50,000
Sale price $35,550

5 Lot 54B
A cello, c.1820, attributed to the Panormo family
Estimate $8,000–$12,000
Sale price $22,515


No. of lots sold 643
Total value of lots sold $1,132,345
Percentage of lots sold by lot 95.26%



Tarisio
New York
13–14 October

Top lots

1 Lot 467
The ‘Molitor’, a fine Italian violin by Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1697
Estimate $2,000,000–$3,000,000
Sale price $3,600,000

2 Lot 466
A fine Italian violin by Nicolò Amati, Cremona, 1655
Estimate $300,000–$500,000
Sale price $576,000

3 Lot 203
A fine and rare Italian cello by Giovanni Battista Genova, Turin, late 18th century
Estimate $200,000–$300,000
Sale price $296,000

4 Lot 464
A fine French violin by J.B. Vuillaume, Paris, c.1865
Estimate $100,000–$150,000
Sale price $210,000

5 Lot 465
A fine Italian violin by Francesco Ruggeri, Cremona, c.1670
Estimate $180,000–$250,000
Sale price $190,000


No. of lots sold 308
Total value of lots sold $8,139,652
Percentage of lots sold by lot 85.1%

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