London • June 2018 • Results
The ‘ex-Sinzheimer’ Guadagnini violin sold in this auction for a new world record of $2,105,305 (£1,587,000).
Many thanks to all consignors and bidders for a very successful auction!
£1,587,000 Total
286 bidders
88% sold
Top 5 lots by value
Lot 176 Giovanni Battista Guadagnini (violin) £1,587,000
Lot 34 Lorenzo Storioni (viola) £185,800
Lot 174 Jacob Stainer (violin) £94,400
Lot 173 Carlo Giuseppe Oddone (violin) £82,600
Lot 171 Annibale Fagnola (violin) £84,000
Lot 171 Annibale Fagnola (violin) £84,000
Top 5 lots by number of bids
Lot 35 Finkel Workshop (violin bow) 32 bids
Lot 60 Benoit Rolland (violin) 25 bids
Lot 73 Louis Joseph Morizot père (violin bow) 24 bids
Lot 108 A Violin, 18th Century (violin) 24 bids
Lot 168 A good and interesting violin, c. 1800, ascribed to Giuseppe Guadagnini (violin) 20 bids
21 world records set
