The Collection of Andrew Hooker
Auction closes: 30th September 2026
Amati Single Owner – October 2026
Amati Specialist – 28th October 2026
Catalogue launch: 18th 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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Lost at Sea, Lost on the Tonbridge Road
A reassuringly irregular and imprecise blog about the violin world. In 2007, three divers found the wreck of the Gloucester off the Yarmouth coast. It was such an important discovery that it…
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The Most Expensive Violin Ever Sold – and What £18 Million Actually Buys You.
Someone asked me the other day what the most expensive violin in the world is, and I gave them the honest auctioneer’s answer, which is: nobody entirely knows, because the people who…
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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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Instruments ranging from £100+
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Instruments ranging from £5,000+
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