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Adam Martin

Highest auction price

£1,540

Auction price history
Type Details Sold Price
Violin 1790 c. Wed 1st July 1998 £264
Violin 1790 London Mon 1st June 1998 £937
Violin 1790 c. London Mon 1st June 1992 £1,100
Violin 1800 c. London Wed 1st April 1992 £220
Violin 1780-99 London Wed 1st November 1989 £1,540
Violin 1780-99 London Mon 1st July 1985 £418
Biographies

John Dilworth

MARTIN, Adam Worked circa. 1790-1798 Hermitage Bridge, Wapping, London UK. Stainer or Amati model. Typical London trade work with dark brown varnish over red stained ground and wide-set soundholes. Some cornerless guitar-shaped models known. Possibly an employee of Thompson. Advertised himself as musical instrument maker and tortoiseshell worker. One violin branded on back button: ‘Martin A’ Martin Musical Instrument Maker / Hermitage Bridge. London Adam Martin / opposite King’s / Brewhouse. St / Katharine’s, London Martin / Musical Instrument Maker / and Tortoise Shell Worker, in / all its branches, / Hermitage Bridge, / London. [Hill Archive]

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