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Samuel D. Freeman

Highest auction price

£1,322

Auction price history
Type Details Sold Price
Viola 42.3 cm Boiling Springs, 1984 n°54 Fri 1st July 2011 £1,322
Biographies

John Dilworth

FREEMAN, Samuel D. Born 1909 Mathews County, Virginia, Worked Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania USA. Amateur maker since 1935. On retirement from the Aircraft Industry 1970, joined Edward Campbell to work full-time making instruments. 54 violins, five violas, and nine cellos completed. Stradivari, Guarneri, and personal models. Used Michelman and own-prepared oil varnishes. [Wenberg]

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