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Carlton F. Stanley

Newton, d. 1948

STANLEY, Carlton F. died 1948 Newton, Massachusetts USA. Pupil and assistant of his uncle Freelan Oscar, below, from 1924. Previously worked in Estes Park and Denver, Colorado. Stradivari, Guarneri, and some Guadagnini models. Credited with over 600 violins, violas, and cellos, most sold through Wur\u{2026} — John Dilworth

Worked Newton
Made Viola, Violin

Auction price history

Highest auction price

£2,247

6 results

Type Details Auction house Sold Price
Violin35.7 cm 1946December 2009£1,693
Viola40.6 cm Newton, 1947May 2008£2,247
Violin35.4 cm "adjusted & varnished by Rudolph Wurlitzer.."May 2008£482
Violin1938October 2003£294
Violin1931October 2000£1,450
Violin1929May 1998£1,129

Biographies

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John Dilworth+

STANLEY, Carlton F. died 1948 Newton, Massachusetts USA. Pupil and assistant of his uncle Freelan Oscar, below, from 1924. Previously worked in Estes Park and Denver, Colorado. Stradivari, Guarneri, and some Guadagnini models. Credited with over 600 violins, violas, and cellos, most sold through Wurlitzer’s. Good professional work with commercial oil varnishes. Some are said to have been supplied unvarnished to Wurlitzer, to be finished by Roy Morgan in Cincinnati using formulas of Louis Condax. Stanley / Newton Mass. / 19.. No.. C. F. Stanley / Newton. Mass. / 193.. No..

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