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Alfredo Contino

Violin maker
(1890 – c. 1963)

A pupil of Vincenzo Postiglione from 1902, Alfredo Contino succeed to the Postiglione workshop in 1916. He produced excellent copies of Gagliano family instruments. Some of his instruments have a strong and distinctive greenish-hue to the varnish.

Price History

- The auction record for this maker is $67,000 in Oct 2007, for a cello.
- 95 auction price results.

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A gift to the nation: the 1690 ‘Tuscan, Medici’ Stradivari viola has been donated to the Library of Congress
Charles Beare (1937 – 2025)

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