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Peter Cairns

Highest auction price

£207

Auction price history
Type Details Sold Price
Violin 1900 c. Mon 1st December 1997 £207
Biographies

John Dilworth

CAIRNS, Peter Born 1846, Worked until 1920 Portobello, Edinburgh Scotland UK. Guarneri model. Broad and deeply channelled edges. Strong, well carved scroll. Broad and upright soundholes. Soft light brown varnish. Some experimental instruments made with hardwood fronts, and back and front curiously differentiated, with the ribs tapering between them. [Henley]

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