Valentino De Zorzi
Auction price history
Highest auction price
£30,000
| Type | Details | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violin | May 2013 | £30,000 | |
| Violin | 35.9 cm 1900 c. [Attributed to] | December 2009 | £3,495 |
| Violin | 35.8 cm Florence, 1914 | May 2008 | £9,032 |
| Violin | 36.0 cm Florence, 1906 | March 2007 | £9,200 |
| Cello | 75.1 cm 1914 c. | October 2006 | £4,528 |
| Violin | 35.8 cm Florence, 1913 | May 2006 | £1,012 |
| Violin | Florence, 1906 | June 2005 | £12,880 |
| Violin | 1887 | November 2002 | £10,575 |
| Violin | 1900 | November 2000 | £15,493 |
| Violin | 1890 | May 1998 | £9,172 |
| Violin | 1907 | March 1997 | £18,400 |
| Cello | 1880 | December 1995 | £4,701 |
| Violin | 1881 | December 1995 | £1,519 |
| Violin | 1906 | July 1993 | £6,900 |
| Violin | 1901 | 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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