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Contained in the Collectors’
Sale
of the
West
Country
’s leading auction house, Bearnes
Hampton & Littlewood’s is a collection of violins. These violins have
been collected from around Devon,
Cornwall
,
Somerset
and
Dorset
. They are to be included in our Collectors’
Sale
to be held at our Honiton
branch on the 20th March 2013.
A 19th century French Violin (SC16/814)
A 19th century violin (SC16/818)
The violins range in quality from late 19th century copies of Stradivarius violins,
through to an early 20th century violin by Johann Glass a violin maker working
in
Leipzig
, who produced instruments for the Gewandhaus Orchestra and conservatory.
More modern examples come from
China
and were produced in the last quarter of the 20th century. Estimates range from £40-£1,000.
A copy of a Stradivarius violin (SC16/816)
An early 20th century violin (SC16/817)
There has been a resurgence in the playing of the violin and all standards of players
are catered for in this Collectors’
Sale
from the beginner to the student up orchestra standard, and can provide musicians
with a viable alternative to a modern and sometimes more expensive instrument.
A violin by Johann Glass (SC16/819)
A violin by Johann Glass (SC16/819)
Violins appear in many of Bearnes
Hampton & Littlewood’s weekly Sales, both in our
Exeter
and Honiton branches, we are hoping to expand the musical
instrument sales and include them within a specialised section of our Collectors’
Auction.
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Martin McIlroy is the Head of the Works of Art and Silver Departments at Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood.
Martin McIlroy was educated at Exeter School in Devon and took a gap year before continuing his education at Teacher Training College. He subsequently worked at The Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) in Exeter, cataloguing reserve collections before spending seven years working for a local auction room gaining further experience.
He joined the internationally renowned auction house Philips in 1982, where he catalogued sales in Exeter, Cornwall and London for sixteen years. He then joined Bearne's in 2000 to catalogue silver and works of art and subsequently became Head of these departments.
His favourite subject is bronze sculpture, church silver, toys and collectables.
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