Find Your Violin Worth Today
Richard (I) Duke
The name of this maker has long been a household word with English Violinists, both amateur and professional. Who has not got a friend who is the fortunate owner of a veritable " Duke?" The fame of His Majesty Antonio Stradivari himself is not greater than that of Richard Duke in the eyes of many a Fiddle fancier. From his earliest fiddling days the name of Duke became familiar to him; he has heard more of him than of Stradivari, whom he somehow confuses with Cremona. He fondly imagines that Cremona was a celebrated maker, and Stradivari something else; inquires, and becomes more confused, and returns again to " Duke," with whom he is thoroughly at home. Many excellent judges have wondered how it came to pass that Richard Duke should have been so highly valued, there being, in their estimation, so little amongst his remains worthy of the reputation he gained. The truth is, that no maker, with the exception of the great Cremonese artists, has been so persistently counterfeited. The name of Duke has been stamped upon every wretched nondescript, until judges who had not the opportunity of seeing the genuine article mistook the copies for the original, and hence the confusion. When, however, a really fine specimen of Duke is once seen, it is not likely to be forgotten. As copies of Amati such instruments are scarcely surpassed, varnish, work, and material being of the best description. The copies of Stainer were not so successful.
Show more Hide textPrice History
Type | Title | Sold | Price |
---|---|---|---|
Violin | 35.5 cm [Attributed to] | Wed 1st June 11 | £ 2400.00 |
Violin | 36.4 cm [Possibly by] | Wed 1st December 10 | £ 960.00 |
Violin | 35.4 cm 1760 c. | Tue 1st December 09 | £ 782.00 |
Viola | 37.6 cm London, 1760 c. (restorations) | Mon 1st June 09 | £ 1560.00 |
Violin | 35.6 cm London, 1750 c. | Sat 1st March 08 | £ 5520.00 |
Violin | 35.6 cm 1758 [Attributed to] | Sun 1st July 07 | £ 4320.00 |
Violin | London, 1767 | Sun 1st October 06 | £ 3474.00 |
Violin | London, 1764 | Fri 1st July 05 | £ 2400.00 |
Violin | London, 1760 c. | Fri 1st April 05 | £ 3008.00 |
Viola | 38.9 cm London, 1760 [Duke Sr.] | Mon 1st November 04 | £ 3840.00 |
Violin | [Attributed to] | Sat 1st May 04 | £ 2091.00 |
Violin | 7/8 Size. original neck (repairs) | Sun 1st February 04 | £ 977.00 |
Violin | 1760 c. | Wed 1st October 03 | £ 1696.00 |
Violin | 17-- | Thu 1st March 01 | £ 1012.00 |
Viola | 37.8 cm 17-- | Sun 1st November 98 | £ 2185.00 |
Violin | 17-- | Sun 1st November 98 | £ 2990.00 |
Violin | Sun 1st November 98 | £ 901.00 | |
Violin | 1756 | Thu 1st October 98 | £ 2530.00 |
Viola | 37.8 cm 17-- | Sat 1st November 97 | £ 1150.00 |
Viola | 37.5 cm 17-- | Thu 1st May 97 | £ 1800.00 |
Violin | 1756 | Thu 1st May 97 | £ 3600.00 |
Violin | 1761 | Sat 1st March 97 | £ 2645.00 |
Violin | 17-- | Fri 1st March 96 | £ 4025.00 |
Violin | 17-- | Wed 1st November 95 | £ 3680.00 |
Violin | 17-- | Wed 1st November 95 | £ 920.00 |
Violin | 1760 | Wed 1st November 95 | £ 4025.00 |
Violin | 1763 | Sun 1st October 95 | £ 1380.00 |
Violin | 1760 | Tue 1st August 95 | £ 1092.00 |
Violin | 1760 | Tue 1st November 94 | £ 1867.00 |
Violin | 17-- | Sat 1st October 94 | £ 1265.00 |
Violin | 17-- | Wed 1st June 94 | £ 4025.00 |
Violin | 1761 | Mon 1st November 93 | £ 2300.00 |
Viola | 40.8 cm 17-- | Fri 1st October 93 | £ 1150.00 |
Violin | 1756 3/4 Size | Fri 1st November 91 | £ 2420.00 |
Cello | 1760 c. | Thu 1st March 90 | £ 1760.00 |
Viola | 37.8 cm 17-- | Tue 1st November 88 | £ 1980.00 |
Viola | 37.8 cm 17-- | Wed 1st June 88 | £ 1870.00 |
Viola | 37.9 cm 1750-99 | Fri 1st October 82 | £ 1165.00 |
Cello | 74.0 cm | Wed 1st December 10 | £ 18000.00 |
Violin | 35.5 cm London, 1770 c. | Mon 1st March 10 | £ 15000.00 |
Books by Amati
Amati, in collaboration with leading experts, have published a few key books in the field of stringed instruments.
Explore more