Live Auction 2298Fine Musical Instruments
Lot 156

ASCRIBED TO DOMENICO BUSAN

A VIOLIN, 18TH CENTURY

Closed28 April 2010

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USD 30,000

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ASCRIBED TO DOMENICO BUSAN
A VIOLIN, 18TH CENTURY
Labeled Dominicus Busan Venetiis Fecit Anno 1747, length of back: 13 7/8 in. (357 mm) with silver-mounted bow stamped F.N. VOIRIN and case (4)

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Certificate: Arthur Dykes, Surrey, October 20, 1952, photo copy
Sold with a dendrochronology analysis, John C. Topham, Redhill, UK, January 26, 2010, where he writes ..the youngest rings measured on the bass and treble sides of the front were AD 1756 and AD 1759 respectively.