Orfeo Carletti

Auction price history

Highest auction price

£21,600

Type	Details	Sold	Price
Violin	35.8 cm Bologna, 1933	February 2007	£21,600
Violin	Pieve di Cento, 1939	November 2004	£4,323
Viola	43.5 cm Bologna	October 2004	£4,771
Violin	1922	June 1997	£8,970
Violin	1924	June 1989	£6,050

Biographies

John Dilworth

CARLETTI, Orfeo Born 1906, died 1940 Bologna Italy. Violinist. Son and pupil of Carlo Carletti, above, and brother of Natale. Established workshop in Via de Pepoli, Bologna 1928/9. Fine work, strongly influenced by Pollastri, with golden-yellow to deep red-brown oil varnish. Manuscript label: Carletti Orfeo di Carlo / fece in Pieve di Cento / Bologna Printed label: Carletti Orfeo / fece in Pieve di Cento / (Bologna) Anno 19..