Sunday, April 16, 2023
LOT #225

Violin Book Assortment

(9) items including “Meister Italienischer Geigenbaukunst” by Walter Hamma, Schuler, Stuttgart, 1964, (text in English, French and German) #907/2400, quarter leather in dust jacket slipcased, a second copy, 1965 trade edition, (2) copies “Alt Geigen und Bogen / Violins and Bows of the Past”, Maitres Luthiers, Koln, 1997, text in German and English, “German and Austrian Violin Makers”, Karel Jalovec, Paul Hamlyn, London, 1967, in dust jacket, “Jakob Stainer”, Walter Senn and Karl Roy, Verlag E. Bochinsky, Frankfurt, 1986, German text and (3) additional German language volumes

Estimate: $400 - $600

Hammer Price: $225

Provenance: the Estate of Solomon "Fred" Spector, violinist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1956-2003

Dimensions: Height: 12 inches, Width: 10 1/4 inches, Depth: 3/4 inches (largest)

Condition: Very Good to Good, overall light wear consistent with normal use, numbered Walter Hamma having sunned spine of wrapper, trade edition having chipped wrapper

Disclaimers: not all items individually inspected; not subject to page-by-page inspection for completeness or condition and possibly having previous owner names, occasional notes, bent corners or creases

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Sales Tax: California (7.250%), Florida (6.000%), Georgia (8.500%), Kansas (6.500%), New Jersey (6.625%), New Mexico (5.125%), New York (8.875%), Pennsylvania (6.000%), Washington (10.500%), Wisconsin (5.500%)

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