Carlo Masetti
Auction price history
Highest auction price
£4,392
Type | Details | Sold | Price |
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Violin | Two-piece back of faint fine curl, ribs similar, table of medium grain, varnish of an orange brown colour | Sat 1st June 2024 | £4,392 |
Biographies
John Dilworth
MASETTI, Carlo Born circa. 1915 Florence Italy. Presumably the brother of Renzo Masetti, below, with whom he made guitars in Modena. Vannes gives his birth date as 1915. Henley states that he was active in Florence, c.1915-1920 and cites a violin label of 1920. Stradivari-derived model. Generally undeveloped and poor workmanship with plain materials. Yellow or dark red varnish. Carlo Masetti / in Firenze, 1920
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