The Collection of Andrew Hooker – 23rd September
Auction closes: 23rd September 2026
Amati Specialist – 28th October 2026
A cello by Carlo Antonio Testore, Milan circa 1740, £20,000 – 40,000
Auction closes: 28th October 2026
Instruments from the Workshop of Antonio Donato – 7th October
Auction Closes: 7th October 2026
News from Amati
What’s new
The ‘La Pucelle’ Stradivari monograph is now online
John Dilworth’s complete study of the best-preserved Stradivari outside a museum – 6,000 words, twenty-five photographs and a full table of measurements – is now free to read in the Instrument Archive.
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Andrea Amati may have invented the violin, but what would one be worth today?
It is no coincidence that the name on our letterhead is ‘Amati’. It could have been Groblicz or Da Salo, two other makers with an almost equal claim to have invented the…
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The Testores Cut Every Corner Except the Sound. Why Milan’s ‘Budget’ Violins Aren’t a Bargain Any More
There are two ways to run a workshop. You can do everything beautifully and charge accordingly, or you can work out which bits nobody ever hears and stop doing them. In seventeenth-century…
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£488,000*
A violin by Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Turin, circa 1771
*Including premiums – Sold in our June 2023 Specialist auction
£62,300*
A violin by a member of the Rugeri family, Cremona, circa 1710
*Including premiums – Sold in our January 2024 Specialist auction
£73,200*
A violin by Marinus Capicchioni, Rimini, 1968
*Including premiums – Sold in our June 2023 Specialist auction
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