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Giuseppe Fiorini

Highest auction price

£72,000

Auction price history

Type	Details	Sold	Price
Violin	35.6 cm Zurich, 1919	Sat 1st October 2011	£60,000
Violin	35.9 cm Munich, 1897	Tue 1st March 2011	£72,000
Violin	35.9 cm Zurich, 1916	Sat 1st March 2008	£29,250
Violin	35.9 cm [Ascribed to the workshop of]	Mon 1st October 2007	£9,707
Violin	35.9 cm Bologna, 1879	Sat 1st July 2006	£36,000
Violin	35.5 cm Zurich, 1922	Mon 1st May 2006	£29,126
Violin	[Labelled]	Sun 1st May 2005	£26,400
Violin	1923	Fri 1st November 2002	£15,275
Violin	1908	Wed 1st May 2002	£40,439
Violin	1908	Wed 1st May 2002	£18,783
Violin	1922	Thu 1st March 2001	£32,700
Violin	1892	Mon 1st November 1999	£25,300
Violin	1921	Sat 1st June 1996	£23,000
Violin	1924	Thu 1st June 1995	£2,415
Violin	1924	Wed 1st March 1995	£21,850
Violin	1895	Sun 1st May 1994	£3,339
Violin	1920	Sun 1st November 1992	£23,265
Violin	1908	Sun 1st March 1992	£17,600
Violin	1923	Fri 1st November 1991	£7,700
Violin	1915	Wed 1st April 1987	£9,900
Violin	1910	Wed 1st April 1987	£9,900
Violin	1915	Sat 1st November 1986	£6,820
Violin	1886	Thu 1st May 1986	£5,500
Violin	1912	Sat 1st March 1986	£8,800
Violin	1910	Mon 1st July 1985	£6,380
Cello	1933	Thu 1st April 1982	£5,060
Violin	1924	Thu 1st January 1981	£2,444
Violin	1923	Sat 1st November 1980	£1,320

Biographies

John Dilworth Cecie Stainer Willibald Leo Lütgendorff

John Dilworth

FIORINI, Giuseppe Born 1861 Bazzano, died 1934 Monaco di Baviera Italy. Son and pupil of Raffaele, below. Active from 1865. Established in Bologna 1877-1888. Moved to Munich, working with his father-in-law as ‘Rieger and Fiorini’ from 1889 to 1896 when Rieger retired. Continued as sole proprietor until 1914. Lived in Zurich during the First World War, returning to Italy 1923, moving from Rome to Florence, Turin, and Bologna in efforts to found a school of lutherie. The Italian state honoured him as Cavaliere in 1927. Subsequently moved to Munich. Highly influential maker and expert, with many pupils, most significant of whom was A. Poggi. Founder member and president of the German Violin-makers’ Society. In 1919-1920 he purchased the tools, forms, and other relics from the Stradivari workshop, along with the notebooks of Count Cozio de Salabue, later donating them to the Museo Civico in Cremona. Credited with over 500 violins, 10 violas, and 10 cellos. All of very refined Stradivari modelling, exquisite workmanship, and very fine materials. Varnish of rich transparent orange-brown. Sometimes branded internally: ‘Giuseppe Fiorini’. Printed labels: Fiorini Giuseppe / fece in Bologna anno 188.. / op 29 Giuseppe Fiorini / da Bologna / fece in Roma anno 1925 Giuseppe Fiorini / Munchen. 1895 Giuseppe Fiorini / da Bologna / fece in Zurigo anno 1918 [Blot I]