Carlo Pizzamiglio
Highest auction price
£3,190
Auction price history
Type | Details | Sold | Price |
---|---|---|---|
Violin | Sesto Cremonese, 1979 | Fri 1st October 2004 | £1,909 |
Violin | Sesto Cremonese, 1944 'Prison camp' | Fri 1st October 2004 | £509 |
Violin | 1944 | Wed 1st October 2003 | £589 |
Violin | 1976 | Mon 1st May 2000 | £3,190 |
Violin | 1983 | Fri 1st June 1984 | £815 |
Biographies
John Dilworth
PIZZAMIGLIO, Carlo Born 1914 Sesto ed Uniti, died 1992 Cortetano Italy. Trained as a cabinetmaker. Self-taught violin maker from 1932. Made some 40 instruments with improvised tools and materials while a prisoner of war in Egypt 1941-1945. Subsequently established in Cortetano. Personal model. Spirit varnish. Carlo Pizzamiglio / Sesto Cremonese – Italy / Fece anno 1979 Carlo Pizzamiglio/ Cortetano – Cremona – / fece in Italia – l’anno 1949 Carlo Pizzamiglio / Sesto ed Uniti / Cremona Italia – Fece in Egitto / l’anno 1942. Campo 309. P.O.W.
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