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Giuseppe Calace

Highest auction price

£2,659

Auction price history

Type	Details	Sold	Price
Violin	35.7 cm Naples, 1960 c.	Mon 1st May 2006	£1,533
Violin	1937	Mon 1st May 1995	£2,659
Viola	40.0 cm 1935	Sun 1st May 1988	£2,200
Violin	1936	Mon 1st July 1985	£990

Biographies

John Dilworth

CALACE, Giuseppe Born 1899, died 1968 Naples Italy. Son and pupil of Raffaele Calace (I), below. Virtuoso mandolinist with the Calace sextet. From 1919 onward made violin family instruments very successfully alongside guitars and mandolins. The violins are on Stradivari or Gagliano models of varying qualities, from sprit-varnished trade instruments to better oil-varnished examples. Twenty gold and other medals gained at various exhibitions. Guiseppe Calace fu Raffaele / fece in Napoli nel 1949