Our next auction is our October Specialist sale, featuring instruments by Giuseppe Fiorini, Carlo Antonio Testore, Romeo Antoniazzi, Antonio Gragnani, Gaetano Gadda and many more. Two days of auctions.

  • Buying
  • Selling
  • Auctions
  • Valuations
  • Instrument Prices
    • My Account Contact us

    Coly

    Versailles, worked 1760–1790

    Lute and viol maker. Credited with a few violins of good workmanship with well-figured wood and red-brown varnish. Manuscript label: Jean Claude Coly / Luthier à Versailles / 17.. — John Dilworth
    Worked Versailles
    Looking to sell or value an instrument?

    Request an expert valuation or learn how our global auctions achieve the highest prices for your instruments.

    Get a Valuation → Selling at Auction

    Biographies

    The overview above is drawn from the following published accounts. Read them in the original:

    John Dilworth+

    COLY (COTY) Worked circa. 1760-1790 Versailles France. Lute and viol maker. Credited with a few violins of good workmanship with well-figured wood and red-brown varnish. Manuscript label: Jean Claude Coly / Luthier à Versailles / 17..

    Sell your instrument with Amati

    Get started by uploading photos of your instrument for our experts to review.

    Get a Valuation

    Sell your instrument with Amati

    Get started by uploading photos of your instrument for our experts to review.

    Get a Valuation
    Sell your Instrument

    Versailles School