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Piero Parravicini

Highest auction price

£16,800

Auction price history
Type Details Sold Price
Violin Wed 29th October 2014 £6
Violin 35.8 cm Milan, 1930 Thu 1st December 2011 £10,056
Violin 36.0 cm Milan, 1931 Sat 1st October 2011 £16,800
Violin 35.4 cm Bovisio, 1944 Tue 1st March 2011 £15,000
Violin 35.9 cm Milan, 1930 Fri 1st May 2009 £10,870
Viola 42.0 cm Bovisio, 1927 Sun 1st March 2009 £11,700
Violin 35.8 cm 1925 [Attributed to] Sat 1st November 2008 £4,800
Violin 35.7 cm Bovisio (Milano), 1926 Sat 1st April 2006 £5,930
Violin [Probably by] Sun 1st May 2005 £4,990
Viola 40.5 cm Bovisio, 1930 Fri 1st October 2004 £10,815
Viola 42.7 cm 1954 Thu 1st November 2001 £5,186
Violin 1940 Thu 1st March 2001 £14,950
Violin 1940 Sun 1st May 1994 £9,645
Violin 1945 Tue 1st March 1994 £4,830
Violin 1926 Sat 1st June 1985 £2,640
Violin 1923 Thu 1st November 1984 £3,740
Violin 1947 Thu 1st April 1982 £660
Biographies

John Dilworth

PARRAVICINI, Piero Born 1889, died 1957 Bovisio, Milan Italy. Pupil of R. Antoniazzi. Worked for Monzino in Milan 1924-1925. Medals awarded in Rome 1925 & 1929, Cremona 1949, and Rome 1954. Fine, disciplined work on classical Italian models; well-regarded cellos and double basses. Good materials and rich orange varnish. Credited with 600 violins, 10 violas, 12 cellos, and three double basses. Branded internally: ‘Piero Parravicini’. Manuscript labels: Piero Parravicini / Fece in Bovisio l’anno 1926

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