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Virgilio Capellini

Highest auction price

£3,986

Auction price history
Type Details Sold Price
Violin 35.8 cm Cremona, 1981 Wed 1st October 2008 £3,435
Violin 35.8 cm Cremona, 1981 Mon 1st May 2006 £3,986
Violin 1981 Tue 1st November 1994 £2,070
Violin 1987 Wed 1st June 1994 £2,070
Viola 42.2 cm 1978 Mon 1st October 1990 £1,771
Violin 1977 Thu 1st March 1990 £1,760
Violin 1978 Mon 1st June 1987 £1,870
Violin 1980 Wed 1st April 1987 £1,100
Cello 1978 Mon 1st April 1985 £2,267
Violin 1981 Fri 1st October 1982 £638
Biographies

John Dilworth

CAPELLINI, Virgilio Born 1928, Worked Crotta d’Adda & Cremona Italy. Studied at the Cremona International School, graduating in 1947. Worked at Crotta d’Adda (near Cremona), and in 1975 opened a shop in Cremona with Alfredo Primavera. Stradivari and Guarneri modelling with precise workmanship. Red-brown spirit varnish.

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