Piero Parravicini

Highest auction price achieved
£ 16800.00

By John Dilworth

PARRAVICINI, Piero Born 1889, died 1957 Bovisio, Milan Italy. Pupil of R. Antoniazzi. Worked for Monzino in Milan 1924-1925. Medals awarded in Rome 1925 & 1929, Cremona 1949, and Rome 1954. Fine, disciplined work on classical Italian models; well-regarded cellos and double basses. Good materials and rich orange varnish. Credited with 600 violins, 10 violas, 12 cellos, and three double basses. Branded internally: ‘Piero Parravicini’. Manuscript labels: Piero Parravicini / Fece in Bovisio l’anno 1926

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Price History

Type Title Sold Price
Violin 35.8 cm Milan, 1930 Thu 1st December 11 £ 10056.00
Violin 36.0 cm Milan, 1931 Sat 1st October 11 £ 16800.00
Violin 35.4 cm Bovisio, 1944 Tue 1st March 11 £ 15000.00
Violin 35.9 cm Milan, 1930 Fri 1st May 09 £ 10870.00
Viola 42.0 cm Bovisio, 1927 Sun 1st March 09 £ 11700.00
Violin 35.8 cm 1925 [Attributed to] Sat 1st November 08 £ 4800.00
Violin 35.7 cm Bovisio (Milano), 1926 Sat 1st April 06 £ 5930.00
Violin [Probably by] Sun 1st May 05 £ 4990.00
Viola 40.5 cm Bovisio, 1930 Fri 1st October 04 £ 10815.00
Viola 42.7 cm 1954 Thu 1st November 01 £ 5186.00
Violin 1940 Thu 1st March 01 £ 14950.00
Violin 1940 Sun 1st May 94 £ 9645.00
Violin 1945 Tue 1st March 94 £ 4830.00
Violin 1926 Sat 1st June 85 £ 2640.00
Violin 1923 Thu 1st November 84 £ 3740.00
Violin 1947 Thu 1st April 82 £ 660.00
Violin Wed 29th October 14 £ 6.00

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