Valentino De Zorzi
Highest auction price
£30,000
Auction price history
| Type | Details | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violin | Wed 22nd May 2013 | £30,000 | |
| Violin | 35.9 cm 1900 c. [Attributed to] | Tue 1st December 2009 | £3,495 |
| Violin | 35.8 cm Florence, 1914 | Thu 1st May 2008 | £9,032 |
| Violin | 36.0 cm Florence, 1906 | Thu 1st March 2007 | £9,200 |
| Cello | 75.1 cm 1914 c. | Sun 1st October 2006 | £4,528 |
| Violin | 35.8 cm Florence, 1913 | Mon 1st May 2006 | £1,012 |
| Violin | Florence, 1906 | Wed 1st June 2005 | £12,880 |
| Violin | 1887 | Fri 1st November 2002 | £10,575 |
| Violin | 1900 | Wed 1st November 2000 | £15,493 |
| Violin | 1890 | Fri 1st May 1998 | £9,172 |
| Violin | 1907 | Sat 1st March 1997 | £18,400 |
| Cello | 1880 | Fri 1st December 1995 | £4,701 |
| Violin | 1881 | Fri 1st December 1995 | £1,519 |
| Violin | 1906 | Thu 1st July 1993 | £6,900 |
| Violin | 1901 | Sat 1st March 1980 | £2,420 |
Biographies
John Dilworth
DE ZORZI, Valentino Born 1837 Vittorio, died 1916 Florence Italy. Self-taught. Opened a shop in Pistoia in 1880, having previously been fighting with Garibaldi’s forces before working as a blacksmith and armourer in Bologna. Commissioned to build his first violin by Count Vieri Ganucci Cancellieri in Pistoia. Moved to Florence 1885, working in via del Corso in collaboration with Silvio Paoletti, who later succeeded to the business. Violins on his own model, and those of Stradivari and Stainer. Also produced many other types of plucked instrument. Violin in the Cherubini Museum, Florence, labelled: Valentinus De Zorzi / Cenetensi Venetum fecit / Florentiae A 1980. no. 7 / Credo questo sia perfezionionato [Vannes]
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