27th Sep, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST

Scientific & Musical Instruments, Cameras & Tools

 
  Lot 12
 

12

Violin

14" two piece back, ebony fingerboard and tailpiece, with makers label 'Ch. J. B. Collin-Mezin Luthier a Paris Rue du Faub Poissonniere No.10' label with '1891' written in ink, signed internally by maker along with number 3965, cased with bow

Not Sold

 

Some damage to soundpost area, appears to have been stapled internally, marks from usage and age

 


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Auction: Scientific & Musical Instruments, Cameras & Tools, 27th Sep, 2024

To include a Collection of Violins by Clifford Tunstall of Barnard Castle, Part 2 of a Fine Collection of Electric and Acoustic Guitars including Masterbuilt Fenders, Gibsons, Martins, Burns, Paul Reed Smith and Rickenbacker; period Fender amplifiers, an EMG XB gramophone, a collection of arcade gaming machines, mechanical music, mining lamps, a good selection of cameras and many other items.

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