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Samuel Kolstein

Highest auction price

£920

Auction price history

Type	Details	Sold	Price
Cello Bow	S/E 85.0 g.	Mon 1st December 2008	£611
Viola Bow	S/E 73 g.	Wed 1st October 2003	£430
Violin Bow	G/E 62 g.	Mon 1st November 1999	£920
Violin Bow	S/E 58 g.	Mon 1st November 1999	£287
Violin Bow	S/E 60 g.	Mon 1st November 1999	£287
Cello Bow	S/E 80 g.	Wed 1st May 1996	£902

Biographies

John Dilworth

KOLSTEIN, Samuel Born 1915, died 1999, Worked from c.1952 Manhattan, New York, & from 1958 Merrick USA. Double bass player.Largely self-taught as a violin and bow maker. Moved to Merrick, New York in 1958 and established a still-flourishing business, now in the hands of his son Barrie. Completed about 50 violins, violas, and cellos on Stradivari and Guarneri models; also a Vincenzo Panormo model bass. Concentrated on bows from c.1945, producing over 2,000 in various grades. Branded: S. KOLSTEIN or SAMUEL KOLSTEIN & SON or SK. Highest quality sticks branded: S. KOLSTEIN or S. KOLSTEIN NY [Wenberg]