Archive of Contemporary/20th Century & Antique Violins, Violas & Cellos Sold
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| Violin | Unlabelled (Hill no. 8761) | Italy | c1800 | Poland | |
| Violin | Unlabelled | Germany | c1830 | Scotland | |
| Violin | Unlabelled | Unknown | c1840 | Scotland | |
| Violin | Unlabelled | Mittenwald | c1850 | UK | |
| Violin | Unlabelled | Mittenwald | c1850 | UK | |
| Violin | Unlabelled | Mirecourt | c1890 | UK | |
| Violin | Unlabelled | Bohemian | c1920 | Scotland | |
| Violin | Unlabelled | Reghin | modern | UK | |
| Violin | Ackermann & Lesser | Dresden | 1919 | ||
| Violin | Amati (label) | Mittenwald | c1830 | Latvia | |
| Violin | Amati (label) | Mirecourt | c1900 | Scotland | |
| Violin | Amati (label) | Mirecourt | c1910 | Scotland | |
| Violin | JA Baader | Mittenwald | 1892 | UK | |
| Violin | JA Baader | Mittenwald | USA | ||
| Violin | Werner Barth | Bad Brambach | 1974 | UK | |
| Violin | Basford Brothers | Sheffield | 1987 | Scotland | |
| Violin | TA Beale | Soho (London) | c1880 | UK | |
| Violin | Bergonzi | Mirecourt | c1890 | UK | |
| Violin | Leon Bernardel | Mirecourt | c1910 | ||
| Violin | Leon Bernardel | Mirecourt | c1920 | ||
| Violin | Nicolas Bertholini | Mirecourt | c1910 | USA | |
| Violin | Nicolas Bertholini | Mirecourt | c1920 | ||
| Violin | Nicolas Bertholini | Mirecourt | c1930 | ||
| Violin | CJH Blomhoff (label) | Leeuwarden | Latvia | ||
| Violin | Andreas Borelli | Mirecourt | c1910 | ||
| Violin | Williamson Blyth | Edinburgh | c1890 | UK | |
| Violin | Bohm | Germany | c1900 | Scotland | |
| Violin | Emile Boulangeot | Lyon | 1926 | USA | |
| Violin | François Breton | Mirecourt | c1900 | Ireland | |
| Violin | François Breton | Mirecourt | c1920 | ||
| Violin | François Breton | Mirecourt | c1920 | ||
| Violin | François Breton | Mirecourt | c1920 | ||
| Violin | François Breton | Mirecourt | c1920 | ||
| Violin | François Breton | Mirecourt | c1920 | Japan | |
| Violin | Georges Cerpi | Mirecourt | c1900 | UK | |
| Violin | Frederick Channon | Weybridge | 1935 | UK | |
| Violin | Thomas Craig | Germany | 1899 | UK | |
| Violin | Thomas Craig | Mirecourt | c1900 | ||
| Violin | De Cristofaro | Mirecourt | c1910 | ||
| Violin | Dearlove & Fryer | Manchester | 1863 | Russia | |
| Violin | Laurence Decyk | England | 1982 | ||
| Violin | 'Dulcis et Fortis' | Mirecourt | c1920 | ||
| Violin | 'Dulcis et Fortis' | Mirecourt | c1920 | ||
| Violin | 'Dulcis et Fortis' | Mirecourt | c1920 | ||
| Violin | 'Dulcis et Fortis' | Mirecourt | c1930 | ||
| Violin | Viotti Essaye | Mirecourt | c1910 | Scotland | |
| Violin | Viotti Essaye | Mirecourt | c1910 | Australia | |
| Violin | Antonin Galla | Brno | 1962 | Japan | |
| Violin | Riccardo Ganolli (label) | Scotland | |||
| Violin | M Garnier | Lyon | c1910 | Scotland | |
| Violin | Michel Gerard | Mirecourt | 1934 | UK | |
| Violin | James Gilchrist | Glasgow | 1889 | Scotland | |
| Violin | John Gloag | Loudoun | 1896 | UK | |
| Violin | Granier | Mirecourt | 1926 | UK | |
| Hardanger | Sveinung Gyoeveland | Asmi/Aust | 1956 | UK | |
| Violin | Havas Gyula | Budapest | 1912 | Scotland | |
| Violin | Louis Hastings Hall | Connecticut | c1900 | UK | |
| Violin | Hamma & Co | Stuttgart | 1936 | UK | |
| Violin | Hamma & Co | Stuttgart | 1938 | UK | |
| Violin | Hart & Co 'Ruggielli' | Mirecourt | c1920 | ||
| Violin | Louis Hecquin 1/2 size | Mirecourt | c1920 | S. Korea | |
| Violin | Pierre Hel Workshop | Lille | 1932 | Scotland | |
| Violin | Ludovic Huetter | Montpellier | 1926 | UK | |
| Violin | John Innes | Edinburgh | 1902 | USA | |
| Violin | René Jacquemin | Mirecourt | c1930 | ||
| Violin | JTL Amati | Mirecourt | c1920 | ||
| Violin | JTL Amati III | Mirecourt | c1910 | Scotland | |
| Violin | JTL Amati IV | Mirecourt | c1920 | Scotland | |
| Violin | JTL 'Geronimo Barnabetti' | Mirecourt | c1890 | ||
| Violin | JTL 'Geronimo Barnabetti' | Mirecourt | c1910 | ||
| Violin | JTL 'Geronimo Barnabetti' | Mirecourt | c1920 | Taiwan | |
| Violin | JTL 'Geronimo Barnabetti' | Mirecourt | c1920 | ||
| Violin | JTL 'Charles Buthod III' | Mirecourt | c1920 | UK | |
| Violin | JTL 'Celebre Vosgien' | Mirecourt | c1900 | ||
| Violin | JTL 'Compagnon' | Mirecourt | c1910 | ||
| Violin | JTL 'Compagnon' | Mirecourt | c1920 | ||
| Violin | JTL 'Michel Ange Garini' | Mirecourt | c1900 | ||
| Violin | JTL 'Michel Ange Garini' | Mirecourt | c1900 | ||
| Violin | JTL 'L'incomparable' | Mirecourt | c1920 | ||
| Violin | JTL 'L'incomparable' | Mirecourt | c1930 | ||
| Violin | JTL 'Le Ciceron' | Mirecourt | c1920 | ||
| Violin | JTL 'Le Lorrain' | Mirecourt | c1920 | ||
| Violin | JTL 'Le Parisien' | Mirecourt | c1920 | ||
| Violin | JTL 'A Salvatore' | Mirecourt | c1920 | UK | |
| Violin | JTL 'A Salvatore' | Mirecourt | c1920 | ||
| Violin | JTL 'A Salvatore' | Mirecourt | c1930 | ||
| Violin | JTL 'San Stefano' | Mirecourt | c1920 | ||
| Violin | JTL 'Sarasate Maitre' | Mirecourt | c1910 | ||
| Violin | Gerard Johannot | France | c1850 | UK | |
| Violin | Ladislav Kasal | Litomyšli | c1930 | Germany | |
| Violin | George King | London | c1960 | UK | |
| Violin | Friedrich Kochendorfer | Stuttgart | 1901 | UK | |
| Violin | J Kochly | Bourges | 1918 | ||
| Violin | J Kochly | Bourges | 1921 | ||
| Violin | Otto Kretzschmar | Germany | c1970 | ||
| Violin | Wilhelm Kruse | Markneukirchen | c1920 | ||
| Violin | Wilhelm Kruse | Markneukirchen | c1920 | ||
| Cello | Jan Kubek | Bratislava | 2010 | USA | |
| Violin | Vladimir Kupca | Moravia | 1932 | ||
| Violin | Laberte Workshops | Mirecourt | c1920 | Australia | |
| Violin | Laberte 'Laurent Bernier' | Mirecourt | c1920 | UK | |
| Violin | Laberte 'Nicolas Bertholini' | Mirecourt | c1920 | ||
| Violin | Laberte 'Breton' | Mirecourt | c1930 | ||
| Violin | Laberte 'Deconet' | Mirecourt | c1920 | ||
| Violin | Laberte 'Micael Deconet' | Mirecourt | c1920 | ||
| Violin | Laberte 'H Denis' | Mirecourt | c1910 | Germany | |
| Violin | Laberte 'H Denis' | Mirecourt | c1920 | UK | |
| Violin | Laberte 'H Denis' | Mirecourt | c1920 | ||
| Violin | Laberte 'Gabriel Didion' | Mirecourt | c1920 | ||
| Violin | Laberte 'Nicolas Lupot' | Mirecourt | c1920 | ||
| Violin | Laberte 'Stainer' | Mirecourt | c1920 | UK | |
| Violin | Laberte 'Jacobus Stainer' | Mirecourt | c1940 | ||
| Violin | Laberte 'Stradivarius' | Mirecourt | c1920 | UK | |
| Violin | Laberte 'Stradivarius' | Mirecourt | c1920 | Germany | |
| Violin | Laberte 'Stradivarius' | Mirecourt | c1920 | USA | |
| Violin | Laberte 'Stradivarius' | Mirecourt | c1920 | USA | |
| Violin | Laberte 'Antonio Torelli' | Mirecourt | c1930 | UK | |
| Violin | Laberte 'Torelli' | Mirecourt | c1910 | Scotland | |
| Violin | Laberte 'Vuillaume' | Mirecourt | c1920 | ||
| Violin | Laberte 'Vuillaume' | Mirecourt | c1920 | ||
| Violin | Laberte 'Vuillaume' | Mirecourt | c1920 | ||
| Violin | Laberte 'Vuillaume' | Mirecourt | c1920 | UK | |
| Violin | Laberte 'Vuillaume' | Mirecourt | c1920 | UK | |
| Violin | Marc Laberte | Mirecourt | 1944 | UK | |
| Violin | Laberte et Magnie 'Kloz' | Mirecourt | c1890 | Latvia | |
| Violin | Laberte-Humbert no.351 | Mirecourt | c1920 | UK | |
| Violin | Bohuslav Lantner | Prague | 1910 | Scotland | |
| Violin | 'Le Marquis de l'Air' | Mirecourt | c1920 | ||
| Violin | 'Le Marquis de l'Air' | Mirecourt | c1920 | ||
| Violin | Lebrun | Mirecourt | c1900 | ||
| Violin | Jacques Leclerc | Mirecourt | c1950 | UK | |
| Violin | L LeMarie | Cheateauroux | c1900 | USA | |
| Violin | Pierre Lepileur | Paris | 1756 | Scotland | |
| Violin | Maggini (label) | Mirecourt | c1910 | USA | |
| Violin | Gabriel Magnière | Mirecourt | c1880 | UK | |
| Violin | Antonio Martello | Cheateauroux | c1900 | ||
| Violin | Ernst Martin | Markneukirchen | c1910 | ||
| Violin | Joseph Laurent Mast | Mirecourt | c1800 | UK | |
| Violin | Leopold Mitsching | Germany | c1910 | ||
| Violin | Moinel Cherpitel | Paris | 1921 | UK | |
| Violin | Alfred Moritz | Germany | c1910 | Hong Kong | |
| Violin | Alfred Moritz | Germany | c1910 | ||
| Violin | Karl Müller | Markneukirchen | 1948 | Norway | |
| Violin | Ernest Mumby | London | 1926 | UK | |
| Violin | Daniel Murray | Edinburgh | 1894 | Scotland | |
| Violin | Čestmír Musil | Prague | 1937 | UK | |
| Violin | 'Napoli' | Mirecourt | c1910 | ||
| Violin | Neuner School | Mittenwald | c1850 | USA | |
| Violin | Neuner & Hornsteiner | Mittenwald | c1870 | ||
| Violin | Neuner & Hornsteiner | Mittenwald | c1880 | Norway | |
| Violin | Sivori Orchester | Germany | 1912 | Scotland | |
| Violin | Robert Max Paschy | Königsberg | 1918 | Australia | |
| Violin | J Perry | Kilkenny | c1790 | Ireland | |
| Violin | Josef Polak | Prague | 1934 | Belgium | |
| Violin | Ladislav Prokop | Chrudim | 1908 | ||
| Violin | Ladislav Prokop | Chrudim | 1926 | ||
| Violin | Ladislav Prokop | Chrudim | 1928 | ||
| Violin | Ladislav Prokop | Chrudim | 1930 | ||
| Violin | Ladislav Prokop | Chrudim | 1934 | ||
| Violin | Ladislav Prokop | Chrudim | 1936 | Latvia | |
| Violin | John Rae | London | 1917 | UK | |
| Violin | Ernst Heinrich Roth | Markneukirchen | 1939 | UK | |
| Violin | Ernst Heinrich Roth 'Stradivarius' | Bubenreuth | 1960 | Ireland | |
| Violin | Ernst Heinrich Roth | Bubenreuth | 1965 | UK | |
| Violin | Ernst Heinrich Roth / Enrico Robella | Markneukirchen | 1935 | USA | |
| Violin | Ruddiman School | Scotland | c1850 | Scotland | |
| Violin | Rushworth & Dreaper 'Apollo' | Mirecourt | c1900 | UK | |
| Violin | Luigi Salsedo | Italy | 1925 | Ireland | |
| Violin | Salzard (brand) | Mirecourt | c1820 | Russia | |
| Violin | G Santorino | Mirecourt | 1924 | ||
| Violin | Wilhelm Schneider | St Ingbert | 1940 | Australia | |
| Violin | Lajos Sebok | Orashaza | c1880 | UK | |
| Violin | E Sinard | Orange/Mirecourt | 1922 | Ireland | |
| Violin | Carlo Storioni (label) | Germany | 1893 | USA | |
| Violin | P J Strom | Helsingborg | 1890 | Scotland | |
| Violin | Adam Thompson | Aberlour | 1903 | ||
| Violin | Hermann Trapp | Neukirchen | 1889 | Norway | |
| Violin | Joseph Vautrin | Mirecourt | 1898 | Scotland | |
| Violin | Alfred Vincent | London | 1926 | UK | |
| Violin | William Webbe | London | 1924 | Germany | |
| Violin | Joseph Wilson | Edinburgh | 1922 | USA | |
| Violin | Frank Winfield | Derby | 1925 | Scotland | |
| Violin | Gebrüder Wolff | Kreuznach | 1904 | ||
| Violin | C A Wunderlich | Siebenbrunn | c1930 | ||
| Violin | Martin Zeidler | Bremen | 1969 | Australia |

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