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William Calow

Highest auction price

£897

Auction price history
Type Details Sold Price
Violin 1879 Sun 1st October 1995 £897
Biographies

John Dilworth

CALOW, William Born 1847 Tansley, Derbyshire, died 1910 Nottingham UK. Collector and maker of double basses. Shop established in Sussex Street. Viol-shaped form with extended Guarneri- or Maggini-like soundholes and orange-brown oil varnish. About 20 produced. Some violins and cellos also known. Eccentric bass bar, cut in the lower bouts, with flared ends. No. 18 / Made by / W. Calow / Nottingham /1890

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