Gaetano SGARABOTTO
Auction price history
Highest auction price
£48,000
| Type | Details | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Viola | Illustrated on I Segreti di Sgarabotto by Andrea Zanré, pp. 218-219; labelled Joannes Baptista ... | March 2025 | £28,800 |
| Violin | Labelled Stefano Scarampella fece in Mantova 1900 | October 2024 | £35,400 |
| Viola | Labelled Antonius Landolfi fecit Mediolani Anno 1768 | October 2024 | £48,000 |
| Viola | Labelled Gaetano Guadagnini fece in Torino nell'anno 1830 in Piazza S. Carlo | March 2024 | £42,000 |
| Violin | Labelled Luigi Bajoni fece l'anno 1877 in Milano, labelled to the upper block Gaetano Sgarabotto | March 2024 | £39,857 |
| Violin | May 2018 | £4,400 | |
| Violin | 35.4 cm Parma, 1930 c. | May 2011 | £29,134 |
| Violin | 35.6 cm Parma, 1931 | December 2010 | £9,600 |
| Violin | 35.8 cm Milan, 1910 c. | October 2010 | £18,777 |
| Violin | 35.5 cm Milan, 1910 c. | April 2010 | £39,280 |
| Violin | 35.0 cm Parma, 1932 | December 2009 | £16,800 |
| Violin | 35.5 cm Vicenza, 1921 | October 2009 | £24,000 |
| Violin | 35.5 cm Brescia, 1952 | May 2009 | £19,410 |
| Violin | 35.2 cm Vicenza, 1910 c. (varnish substantially retouched in parts) | March 2009 | £16,380 |
| Violin | 35.0 cm Milan, 1900 c. [Probably by] | November 2008 | £18,525 |
| Violin | 35.6 cm Brescia, 1930 c. | October 2008 | £23,500 |
| Violin | 35.5 cm Brescia, 1952 | March 2008 | £14,900 |
| Violin | 35.5 cm Parma, 1946 | October 2007 | £24,500 |
| Violin | 35.8 cm Milan, 1910 c. "Grancino" copy | March 2007 | £17,250 |
| Cello | 76.0 cm Parma, 1930 c. | February 2007 | £48,000 |
| Violin | 35.5 cm Vicenza, 1899 | November 2006 | £21,051 |
| Violin | 35.6 cm Milan, 1927 | November 2006 | £30,073 |
| Violin | Parma, 1910 c. | November 2005 | £9,852 |
| Violin | Vicenza, 1924 | October 2005 | £26,107 |
| Violin | Parma, 1933 | April 2005 | £30,077 |
| Viola | 40.5 cm Milan, 1920 c. | May 2004 | £20,910 |
| Violin | 1932 | October 2003 | £17,208 |
| Violin | 1903 c. | November 2001 | £14,362 |
| Violin | 1920 | November 2001 | £5,585 |
| Violin | 1920 | May 2000 | £7,333 |
| Violin | 1930 | November 1998 | £1,593 |
| Violin | 1937 | April 1998 | £21,850 |
| Violin | 1954 | March 1998 | £20,125 |
| Violin | 1928 | June 1996 | £20,700 |
| Viola | 41.9 cm 1939 | November 1995 | £16,100 |
| Violin | 1920 | November 1995 | £19,550 |
| Violin | 1930 c. | June 1995 | £31,050 |
| Violin | 1915 c. | November 1994 | £24,150 |
| Violin | 1913 | November 1993 | £11,892 |
| Cello | 1950 | November 1991 | £11,550 |
| Viola | 41.3 cm 1949 | June 1990 | £4,180 |
| Viola | 41.0 cm 1953 | November 1988 | £5,500 |
| Violin | 1943 | May 1986 | £2,592 |
| Violin | 19-- | March 1986 | £2,655 |
| Violin | 19-- | June 1985 | £2,388 |
| Violin | 19-- | October 1984 | £4,224 |
Biographies
John Dilworth
SGARABOTTO, Gaetano Born 1878 Vicenza, died 1960 Parma Italy. Studied wood carving at the Academia Olimpica, Vicenza. Moved to Milan 1893, where he became a pupil of R. Antoniazzi and L. Bisiach. Appointed Director of the Violin Making School in Parma 1928. Worked briefly in Brescia and returned to Parma. Finely observed copies of many classical Italian works, including Testore and Grancino. Also his own personal model distilled from all these influences. Violins, violas, cellos, and double basses. Many medals awarded: Vicenza, Turin 1898, Paris 1900, Milan 1906, Brussels 1910, and Rome 1920. A quartet made for the 1937 Exhibition in Cremona is kept at the Museo Stradivariano. Acted as a jurist himself at several international competitions. Created ‘Cavaliere’ in 1918. Manuscript and printed labels. Cajetanus Sgarabotto Vicentinus / fecit Mediolanum anno Domini 1908
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