Paolo Antonio Testore
Auction price history
Highest auction price
£78,500
| Type | Details | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violin | Labelled Carlo Giuseppe Testore in Con-, trada Larga di Milano al, Segno dell'Aquila 1690 | Wed 1st May 2024 | £55,805 |
| Viola | 39.5 cm late 19th C. [Ascribed to] | Thu 1st December 2011 | £13,924 |
| Violin | 35.4 cm [Attributed to] | Tue 1st November 2011 | £24,434 |
| Violin | Wed 5th October 2011 | £10,000 | |
| Violin | 35.8 cm Milan, 1740 c. | Sun 1st May 2011 | £58,591 |
| Violin | 35.7 cm Milan, 1749 | Fri 1st April 2011 | £62,707 |
| Violin | 35.5 cm Milan, 1740 c. | Tue 1st March 2011 | £34,850 |
| Violin | 35.8 cm Milan, 1750 c. | Mon 1st March 2010 | £37,250 |
| Violin | 35.6 cm [Attributed to] | Tue 1st May 2007 | £3,168 |
| Violin | 35.5 cm Milan, 1750 c. | Wed 1st November 2006 | £37,592 |
| Violin | 35.7 cm Milano, 1730 c. | Sun 1st October 2006 | £19,406 |
| Violin | 35.8 cm Milan, 1730 c. | Mon 1st May 2006 | £22,994 |
| Violin | 35.7 cm Mid-18th C. [Ascribed to] | Wed 1st February 2006 | £4,800 |
| Violin | Milan, 1720 c. [Attributed to] | Mon 1st November 2004 | £19,200 |
| Violin | 1760 | Wed 1st November 2000 | £5,290 |
| Violin | 1750 c. | Sat 1st March 1997 | £8,625 |
| Viola | 40.5 cm 1717 | Wed 1st March 1995 | £78,500 |
| Violin | 1740 | Mon 1st May 1989 | £17,600 |
| Violin | 1725-50 | Wed 1st March 1989 | £15,400 |
| Violin | 1750 c. | Wed 1st March 1989 | £15,400 |
| Violin | 1720 c. | Sat 1st November 1986 | £9,900 |
| Cello | 1750 c. | Fri 1st November 1985 | £9,350 |
| Cello | 1737 | Sat 1st December 1984 | £11,092 |
| Violin | 1734 | Sun 1st May 1983 | £1,650 |
| Violin | 1746 | Thu 1st May 1980 | £3,520 |
Biographies
John Dilworth
TESTORE, Paolo Antonio Born circa. 1690, died 1767 Milan Italy. Son, pupil, and successor of Carlo Giuseppe Testore, above. The least adept maker of the family. Often quite coarse and sometimes very high-arched instruments with all short-cuts taken: scratched and inked purfling, unfluted pegbox, poor wood. The varnish may be of quite poor lifeless brown colour, but occasionally is lighter in tone and has some glow. The scrolls are in themselves remarkable for their carelessness and almost plastic quality. Assisted at some point by C. F. Landolphi. Paolo Antonio Testore / Milano 17.. Paolo Antonio Testore figlio / di Carlo Giuseppe Testore / in Contrada Larga di Mila- / no al Segno dell’ Aquila 1759
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