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Alfred Eugene Lanini

Highest auction price

£16,800

Auction price history

Type	Details	Sold	Price
Violin	35.6 cm San Jose, 1959	Tue 1st March 2011	£3,600
Violin	36.0 cm Milan, 1912	Fri 1st October 2010	£16,800
Violin	35.5 cm San Jose, 1940	Thu 1st October 2009	£1,705
Violin	35.6 cm San Jose, 1939	Thu 1st October 2009	£562
Violin	35.5 cm 1920 c. [Probably by]	Thu 1st October 2009	£4,869
Violin	35.8 cm San Jose, 1945	Fri 1st May 2009	£2,135
Violin	35.7 cm San Jose, 1925	Fri 1st May 2009	£4,270
Violin	34.8 cm San Jose, 1936	Wed 1st October 2008	£1,808
Violin	35.7 cm San Jose, 1936	Wed 1st October 2008	£3,977
Violin	35.5 cm San Jose, 1953	Wed 1st October 2008	£3,254
Violin	36.2 m [Attributed to]	Fri 1st August 2008	£1,258
Violin	34.0 cm San Jose, 1940 7/8 size	Thu 1st May 2008	£1,796
Violin	35.6 cm San Jose, 1941	Thu 1st May 2008	£2,095
Violin	35.4 cm San Jose, 1917	Tue 1st May 2007	£1,728
Violin	35.5 cm San Jose, 1953	Tue 1st May 2007	£1,440
Violin	35.5 cm San Jose, 1953 Unvarnished	Sat 1st July 2006	£624
Violin	35.7 cm San Jose, 1925	Mon 1st May 2006	£3,986
Viola	42.0 cm San Jose, 1950	Wed 1st February 2006	£2,485
Violin	35.7 cm San Jose, 1954	Wed 1st February 2006	£994
Viola	40.5 cm Milan, 1912 [Of the 'Antoniazzi' school]	Tue 1st November 2005	£5,911
Violin	San Jose, 1921	Sat 1st October 2005	£2,293
Violin	San Jose, 1915	Sat 1st October 2005	£1,801
Violin	San Jose, 1929	Sun 1st May 2005	£998
Violin	San Jose, 1937	Sun 1st May 2005	£3,663
Violin	San Jose, 1954	Sun 1st May 2005	£855
Violin	San Jose, 1953	Fri 1st October 2004	£2,227
Violin	San Jose, 1945	Sat 1st May 2004	£2,895
Violin	1953	Wed 1st October 2003	£1,866
Violin	1936	Thu 1st May 2003	£2,944

Biographies

John Dilworth

LANINI, Alfred Eugene Born 1891 Gonzales, died 1956 San Jose, California USA. Moved to San Jose in 1907. Studied violin making with Dr Walter Hill. Went to Milan to work with Romeo Antoniazzi c.1911, and also for Celeste Farotti. Returned to San Jose 1914. Established a shop in San Francisco 1917, but moved back to San Jose in the same year. Eminent American violin and bow maker. Learned bow making from August Neuberger-Suess and Husson, c.1927-1928, and made about 100 bows up to c.1935 when he was forced to stop because of allergic reactions. Completed up to 600 instruments, including 60 violas and 25 cellos. Several violins modelled on his own Omobono and Stradivari instruments; Guarneri models after 1930. Clear spirit varnish of Antoniazzi recipe. Red and brown colouration prior to 1930; later orange-red. Also used local American timber after 1930. Branded internally and under the endpin: ‘A. Lanini’. Teacher of his sons, Henry and Paul, and Clarence Shaw in violin making, and of John Bolander in bow making. Manuscript label: Alfred Lanini / San Jose, California / 19..