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“A time in which the Veneto languishes more than ever…”

This fine Italian violin by Michele Deconet, Venice, 1766, featured in our April 2013 New York Fine Sale, offers  a rare glimpse into the story of its past through a message written inside the violin.

Estimate: $25,000 – 40,000

* Sold with a photocopy certificate from Rembert Wurlitzer, Inc. (August 20,1968) and a letter (October 19, 1968)

Inscription inside top of Deconet violin

Learn more about the story of this violin and read the message inscribed to the top in our Carteggio section.