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Anselmo Gotti

Ferrara, Pieve di Cento, b. 1902

Nephew of Orsolo Gotti, below. Violinist. Pupil of Soffritti in Ferrara from 1922. Later established there independently. Finished several instruments left by Soffritti after his death in 1928. — John Dilworth

Worked Ferrara, Pieve di Cento
Made Cello, Viola, Violin
Family Nephew of Orsolo Gotti

Auction Price History

Highest auction price

£20,400

16 results

Type Details Auction house Sold Price
ViolinLabelled Anselmo Gotti d'Orsolo Pieve di Cento 1922 Ferrara, branded R & M Millant a Paris Lot 178TarisioMay 2025£19,269est. $ 20,000-30,000
ViolaLabelled Gotti Anselmo Fece in Ferrara per commissione dell'On. E. Arlotti nell' 1936 Lot 26TarisioJune 2022£17,209est. $ 8,000-12,000
ViolinLabelled Soffritti Ettore, premiato con gran medaglia d'oro, all'esposizione internazionale di Bruxelles ... Lot 195TarisioOctober 2019£20,400est. £ 12,000-18,000
ViolinLabelled A Gotti, Ferrara 1945, branded A Gotti internally on the back Lot 89Ingles & HaydayMarch 2016£12,600est. £ 8,000-12,000
ViolinLabelled A. Gotti Alunno di Ettore Soffritti fece in Ferrara l'anno 19.. Lot 104Brompton’sOctober 2012£6,600est. £ 6,000-8,000
ViolinBearing the maker's label and signature Lot 325VichyJune 2012£8,734est. € 5.000-6.000
Violin36.0 cm Ferrara, 1948 Attributed to—June 2010£3,600
Cello74.3 cm 20th C. Attributed to—October 2009£8,750
Violin35.3 cm Ferrara, 1943—October 2007£5,139
Cello74.4 cm Ferrara, 1949—October 2007£12,500
Violin1949—May 1999£9,850
Violin1954—June 1995£3,450
Viola41.8 cm 1949—March 1995£2,875
Violin1930 c.—March 1995£5,520
Violin19--—November 1988£2,860
Violin1932—April 1983£1,210

Biographies

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

John Dilworth+

GOTTI, Anselmo Born 1902 Pieve di Cento, Worked from 1922 Ferrara Italy. Nephew of Orsolo Gotti, below. Violinist. Pupil of Soffritti in Ferrara from 1922. Later established there independently. Finished several instruments left by Soffritti after his death in 1928. Worked in restoration for Anton Wittman in Vienna 1930, but returned to Ferrara the next year to complete another batch of instruments left unfinished by Armando Monterumici. Worked on new instruments of his own from 1933. Very fine Stradivari and Guarneri imitations; also personal models. Red-brown oil varnish and excellent materials. A. Gotti / Ferrara 1948 A. Gotti / Alumno di Ettore Soffritti / fece in Ferrara Vanno 1929

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