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- Estimate
- £15,000–£20,000 hammer ≈ $30,173–$40,230
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Musical Instruments, London · 11 March 2008
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3734260
- Record
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Giovanni Grancino, A violin. Sotheby's, 11 Mar 2008, lot 187. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3734260.
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Giovanni Grancino, A violin. Sotheby's, 11 Mar 2008, lot 187. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3734260.
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From the same sale Musical Instruments · Mar 2008
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| A violin | Junior Richard Duke | £1,000–£1,500 | |
| A violin after Guarneri | — | £1,000–£2,000 | |
| A violin | Probably By David Furber | £1,500–£2,500 | |
| A viola | Giovanni Battista Ceruti | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| A violin | William Forster II | £4,000–£6,000 | |
| A violin | Clifford Hoing | £1,500–£2,500 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giovanni Grancino | A Viola, Milan, Circa 1710 | $71,700 | Christie's, Apr 2004 | |
| Giovanni Grancino | a violin | Sotheby's, Oct 2009 | ||
| Jean Baptiste Vuillaume | a violin after maggini | Sotheby's, Oct 2008 | ||
| Dominique Peccatte | a gold and tortoiseshell-mounted viola bow | Sotheby's, Oct 2010 | ||
| Dominique Peccatte | a silver-mounted cello bow | Sotheby's, Mar 2008 | ||
| Johannes Theodorus Cuypers | A Violin, the Hague, 1791 | Christie's, May 2006 | ||
| Johannes Theodorus Cuypers | A viola | Sotheby's, Oct 2009 | ||
| Eugène Sartory | a silver-mounted cello bow | Sotheby's, Mar 2008 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.