Giovanni Battista Gaibisso

Highest auction price achieved
£ 22080.00

By John Dilworth

GAIBISSO, Giovanni Battista Born 1876, died 1962 Alassio Italy. Pupil of Pasquale Baraldi in Alassio. Established at Alassio, Genoa, following Baraldi’s death 1896. Moved to South America 1912, then to Nice to work for F. Bovis 1922. Returned to Alassio 1925, from which time he produced his best work. Stradivari, Guarneri, and Rocca models; credited with over 450 instruments of consistent high quality. Awards at Turin, 1911, Rome 1925, and Padua 1931 and 1934. Golden or orange-red varnish. Also made guitars. Gaibisso Giovanni Battista / fece Alassio anno 1929 / Medaglia d'oro Esp. Int. Torino 1911

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Price History

Type Title Sold Price
Viola 1924 Sun 1st March 81 £ 1243.00
Violin 35.4 cm Alassio, 1950 Fri 1st April 11 £ 8251.00
Viola 41.5 cm Alassio, 1940 Fri 1st October 10 £ 6693.00
Violin 35.6 cm Alassio, 1940 Fri 1st October 10 £ 12500.00
Violin 36.0 cm [Attributed to] Sun 1st March 09 £ 2574.00
Violin 35.7 cm Alassio, 1941, after "Guarneri" Sat 1st March 08 £ 8500.00
Violin Alassio, 1960 Wed 1st June 05 £ 3220.00
Violin Italy, c. 1910 [Attributed to] Thu 1st July 04 £ 6600.00
Violin Alassio, 1924 [Attributed to] Mon 1st March 04 £ 7768.00
Cello 1923 Thu 1st May 03 £ 22080.00
Violin 1916 Sat 1st June 02 £ 14343.00
Violin 1940 Tue 1st May 01 £ 16773.00
Violin 1911 Tue 1st June 99 £ 6000.00
Violin 1931 Fri 1st November 96 £ 5750.00
Violin 1959 Sun 1st October 95 £ 3680.00
Violin 1959 Wed 1st November 89 £ 6050.00
Violin 1924 Sat 1st November 86 £ 1045.00
Violin 1922 Sat 1st November 86 £ 3190.00
Viola 41.8 cm 1915 Mon 1st September 86 £ 2090.00
Violin Mon 25th June 18 £ 3840.00

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