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Henry Bentin

Highest auction price

£988

Auction price history
Type Details Sold Price
Violin 1896 Fri 1st May 1998 £988
Biographies

John Dilworth

BENTIN, Henry Born 1857 Naklo, Poland, died 1928 New Orleans USA. Violin and bow maker. Taught by his father and emigrated with him to Iowa. Established own workshop in St. Louis 1889, moving to New Orleans 1896. Assisted by his sons there. Stradivari or Amati model. Shaded red-yellow varnish. Conscientious work. Made a copy of the Stradivari ‘Emperor’ violin for Jan Kubelik. H. Bentin / New Orleans. F.A. 1920

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