Annibale Fagnola

Highest auction price achieved
£ 115250.00

By John Dilworth

FAGNOLA, Annibale Born 1865 Montiglio, died 1939 Turin Italy. Active in Turin from 1894. Pupil of M. Rinaldi. Established independently from 1899 at 3 vicolo Scuderie Reali. Very prolific maker, specialising in copies of Pressenda, Rocca, and Guadagnini. Coming from the same tradition he was able to make use of similar materials and techniques to those of the makers he imitated to the extent that distinguishing between the copy and the originals became difficult for many experts and dealers. His work was imported to London in considerable numbers from about 1905, appearing regularly in salerooms after World War I. In 1926 Alfred Hill reported that he had several years earlier been offered 15 or so �Pressendas� by a dealer in Turin, realising only later that they were new and almost certainly by Fagnola. Fagnola himself generally inserted a label of his own alongside a facsimile of the original, but these have often been interfered with subsequently. Usually signed on the interior. Fine golden orange to red hued varnish. Ironically, since Fagnola�s work has become valued in itself, many anonymous copies of his instruments began to appear in the late 20th century, some of which were possibly the work of a late pupil and assistant, Angelo Fasciolo. Annibale Fagnola / fece Turino 1902 Hannibal Fagnola, fecit / Taurini anno Domini 1904

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Price History

Type Title Sold Price
Violin 35.5 cm Turin, 1900 c. Thu 1st December 11 £ 55200.00
Violin Turin, 1928 Thu 1st December 11 £ 56010.00
Violin 35.4 cm Sat 1st October 11 £ 115250.00
Violin 35.6 cm Turin, 1928 [Lit.] Sat 1st October 11 £ 46850.00
Violin 36.3 cm 1900 c. [Attributed to] Wed 1st June 11 £ 4800.00
Violin 35.3 cm Turin, 1900 c. Sun 1st May 11 £ 21850.00
Violin 35.5 cm Turin, 1925 c. Sun 1st May 11 £ 30955.00
Violin 35.5 cm Turin, 1930 Fri 1st October 10 £ 58207.00
Violin 35.4 cm [Attributed to] Fri 1st October 10 £ 2280.00
Violin 35.3 cm Turin, 1928 Mon 1st March 10 £ 33600.00
Violin 35.6 cm Turin, 1925 Mon 1st March 10 £ 61250.00
Violin 35.6 cm Turin, 1900 c. Mon 1st March 10 £ 43200.00
Violin 35.1 cm 1880 [Ascribed to] Mon 1st February 10 £ 9237.00
Violin 35.7 cm Turin 1922 Mon 1st June 09 £ 65341.00
Violin 35.4 cm Turin, 1914 (some table restoration) Mon 1st June 09 £ 47191.00
Violin 35.4 cm 20th C. [Ascribed to] Sun 1st March 09 £ 5625.00
Violin 35.3 cm Italy, 20th C. [Ascribed to] Tue 1st April 08 £ 13736.00
Violin 35.3 cm Turin, 1922, after "Pressenda" Sat 1st March 08 £ 48500.00
Violin 35.4 cm Turin, 1926 Mon 1st October 07 £ 42500.00
Violin 35.3 cm Turin, 1906 Tue 1st May 07 £ 36004.00
Violin 35.4 cm Turin, 1922 Tue 1st May 07 £ 35349.00
Violin 35.4 cm Turin, 1924 Mon 1st May 06 £ 39856.00
Violin 35.8 cm 20th C. [Attributed to] Wed 1st February 06 £ 6000.00
Violin Turin, 1929 Sat 1st October 05 £ 35300.00
Violin Turin, 1921 Wed 1st June 05 £ 41859.00
Violin Turin, 1915 Sun 1st May 05 £ 61351.00
Violin 1900 c. [Probably by] Sun 1st May 05 £ 10990.00
Violin Turin, 1900 c. Tue 1st February 05 £ 28800.00
Violin Turin, 1928 Mon 1st November 04 £ 38400.00
Violin Turin, 1932 Fri 1st October 04 £ 21949.00
Violin Turin, 1929 Fri 1st October 04 £ 36522.00
Violin Turin, 1925 Thu 1st July 04 £ 33600.00
Violin Turin, 1925 Mon 1st March 04 £ 45600.00
Violin 1925 Mon 1st December 03 £ 25563.00
Violin 1925 Tue 1st July 03 £ 40800.00
Violin 1933 Fri 1st November 02 £ 35850.00
Violin 1924 Tue 1st October 02 £ 29025.00
Viola 40.0 cm 1904 Fri 1st March 02 £ 40750.00
Violin 1929 Tue 1st May 01 £ 50709.00
Violin 1929 Thu 1st March 01 £ 49390.00
Violin 1925 Thu 1st June 00 £ 43661.00
Violin 1926 Mon 1st May 00 £ 40000.00
Violin 1928 Wed 1st March 00 £ 41100.00
Violin 1929 Mon 1st March 99 £ 30000.00
Violin 1931 Sun 1st November 98 £ 43700.00
Violin 1923 Wed 1st October 97 £ 19550.00
Violin 1890 c. Sun 1st June 97 £ 31050.00
Violin 1921 Sat 1st May 93 £ 30800.00
Viola 41.0 cm 1928 Wed 1st November 89 £ 17600.00
Violin Wed 22nd May 13 £ 85250.00

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