New York • October 2016 • Results

$4,210,749 Total
80% Sold
386 Bidders

“Energy and excitement are always at a fever pitch in the New York office in the days before an auction and this October was no exception. We were delighted to see so many new faces!

Three of the instruments in this sale sold to benefit a charitable cause and this always adds a special element to the auction. Violins by Tononi and Gofriller were sold to benefit the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and a bow by Benoît Rolland was sold with the proceeds going to Community MusicWorks in Providence, RI.

In total twenty-four new auction records were set including violins by Camilli, Tononi, John Lott and for a Milan Guadagnini. The record for a bow by a living maker was also set with the sale of the bow by Benoît Rolland.”

– Jason Price, Founder, Expert and Director

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Top 5 lots by value
Lot 254 Giovanni Battista Guadagnini $1,253,000
Lot 252 Camillus Camilli $258,600
Lot 251 Giovanni Tononi $236,000
Lot 250 Tommaso Balestrieri $216,000
Lot 248 Giovanni Grancino II $156,000

Top 5 lots by number of bid
Lot 5 Autographed photographs of Nathan Milstein, Vladimir Horowitz & Fritz Kreisler  49 bids
Lot 12 Johannes Brahms: A photograph & letter 38 bids
Lot 8 Two autographed photos of Fritz Kreisler 37 bids
Lot 10 Two photographs of Mischa Elman 37 bids
Lot 19 A photograph of Eugene Ysaye 32 bids

24 world records