Hermann Hauser classical
guitar, $93,210.
Violin by Giovanni Francesco-Pressenda, $164,300.
NEW YORK CITY - Christie's April 30 sale of fine musical
instruments totaled nearly $1 million, with 76 percent sold by
lot and 79 percent sold by dollar value in the 128-lot auction.
The sale saw a world auction record being set for any classical
guitar when a Hermann Hauser classical guitar from 1936 sold for
$93,210. This result doubled the previous world auction record
for a Hauser guitar.
Top lot in the sale was an Italian violin by Giovanni
Francesco-Pressenda, Turin, 1824, that went to an American
private buyer for $164,300. In addition, a Seventeenth Century
Italian violin by Hieronymus Amati II, Cremona, 1671, went to the
American trade for $83,650.
All sold prices include a 191/2 percent buyer's premium.
