Carlo Antonio Testore
Highest auction price
£172,860
Auction price history
| Type | Details | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violin | Labelled Carlo Antonio Testore figlio Maggiore del fu Carlo Giuseppe in Contrada larga al segno ... | Wed 1st May 2024 | £51,830 |
| Violin | Labelled Carlo Giuseppe Testore in Contrada ..., with the collaboration of his brother Paolo Antonio | Fri 1st March 2024 | £78,000 |
| Cello | Labelled Carlo Giuseppe Testore in Contrada Larga di Milano al Segno dell'Aquila 1721 | Fri 1st March 2024 | £144,000 |
| Violin | Labelled Carlo Antonio Testore figlio, del qu. ..., back of the head fluted and purfling to back added later | Thu 1st February 2024 | £81,960 |
| Violin | 35.4 cm Milan, 1740 c. | Tue 1st November 2011 | £31,952 |
| Violin | 35.7 cm [Ascribed to] | Sat 1st October 2011 | £10,000 |
| Cello | 76.6 cm [Attributed to] | Wed 1st June 2011 | £24,000 |
| Viola | 42.0 cm Milan, 1752 | Sun 1st May 2011 | £172,860 |
| Violin | 36.2 cm 1780 c. [Probably by] | Wed 1st December 2010 | £7,200 |
| Violin | 35.8 cm Milan, 1750 c. [Attributed to] | Mon 1st March 2010 | £32,400 |
| Violin | 35.7 cm 18th C. [Ascribed to] | Fri 1st May 2009 | £8,540 |
| Cello | 73 cm Milan, mid-18th C. | Sun 1st March 2009 | £43,250 |
| Violin | 35.0 cm Milan, mid-18th C. | Sun 1st March 2009 | £25,000 |
| Violin | 35.7 cm Milan, 1720 | Sat 1st November 2008 | £37,050 |
| Violin | 35.9 cm Milan, 1735 c. | Wed 1st October 2008 | £49,250 |
| Cello | 63.6 cm Milan, 1740 1/2 Size | Sat 1st March 2008 | £14,040 |
| Violin | 35.7 cm Milan, 1730 c. | Sat 1st March 2008 | £52,650 |
| Violin | 35.4 cm Milan, 1763 c. | Mon 1st October 2007 | £62,439 |
| Violin | 35.7 cm Milan, 1741 c. | Sun 1st April 2007 | £36,389 |
| Violin | 35.3 cm Milan, 1750 c. [Probably by] | Sun 1st April 2007 | £5,155 |
| Violin | 35.7 cm [Attributed to] | Thu 1st February 2007 | £3,242 |
| Viola | 39.4 cm Milan, 18th C. [Attributed to] | Wed 1st November 2006 | £14,400 |
| Violin | 35.6 cm first half of 18thC [Attributed to] | Wed 1st November 2006 | £10,851 |
| Violin | 35.4 cm Milan, 1750 c. | Mon 1st May 2006 | £24,527 |
| Cello | Milano, 1691 | Tue 1st November 2005 | £15,790 |
| Violin | Milan, 1745 c. [Possibly made with son] | Tue 1st November 2005 | £36,122 |
| Violin | [Ascribed to] | Fri 1st April 2005 | £6,266 |
| Violin | Fri 1st October 2004 | £27,225 | |
| Violin | 1740 c. | Sat 1st May 2004 | £16,577 |
| Violin | [Attributed to] | Sat 1st May 2004 | £5,975 |
| Violin | Milan, 1730 | Sat 1st May 2004 | £48,113 |
| Violin | 1750 c. | Sat 1st November 2003 | £45,600 |
| Violin | 1740 c. | Wed 1st October 2003 | £23,748 |
| Violin | 1750 c. | Tue 1st July 2003 | £27,600 |
| Violin | 1738 | Tue 1st July 2003 | £34,250 |
| Violin | 1753 | Tue 1st October 2002 | £58,050 |
| Violin | 1755 | Sat 1st June 2002 | £50,190 |
| Violin | 1733 | Fri 1st March 2002 | £23,500 |
| Violin | 1721 | Mon 1st May 2000 | £51,623 |
| Violin | 1735 | Mon 1st November 1999 | £32,200 |
| Violin | 1750 | Mon 1st March 1999 | £19,550 |
| Violin | 1770 | Mon 1st March 1999 | £35,000 |
| Violin | 1750 c. | Sun 1st November 1998 | £18,400 |
| Violin | 1742 | Fri 1st November 1996 | £31,050 |
| Violin | 1768 | Fri 1st March 1996 | £33,350 |
| Violin | 1751 | Wed 1st November 1995 | £42,550 |
| Violin | 1750 c. | Sun 1st October 1995 | £29,900 |
| Violin | 1728 | Tue 1st November 1994 | £18,975 |
| Violin | 1760 c. | Mon 1st November 1993 | £12,635 |
| Violin | 1743 | Thu 1st April 1993 | £16,100 |
| Cello | 1766 | Mon 1st June 1987 | £35,200 |
| Cello | 1723 | Mon 1st July 1985 | £29,700 |
Biographies
John Dilworth
TESTORE, Carlo Antonio Born circa. 1693, d.c.1765 Milan Italy. Son, pupil, and successor of Carlo Giuseppe Testore, below, at the sign ‘dell’Aquila’ in Contrada Larga. More prolific maker than his father, but generally a less conscientious craftsman. Assisted in later years by his own son Giovanni. Instruments often lacking purfling, with the lines scratched into the edges of the plates, and the back of the pegbox left flat. Where purfling is used it is generally of beech wood. Soundholes usually of Stradivari or Amatisé form, but poorly cut and with small unfluted wings and finial circles. Scrolls have a pronounced ovality to the outline along the plane of the fingerboard. Golden-yellow to plain brown varnish and often very plain materials. Branded internally and with double-eagle mark: ‘C.A.T.’ Carlo Antonio Testore figlio maggiore / del fu Carlo Giuseppe in Contrada lar- / ga al segno dell’ Aquila, Milano 1741 Carlo Antonio e Giovanni padre e figlio / Testori, il qual Carlo e figlio maggiore / del fu Carlo Giuseppe Testore, abitanti / in Contrada larga al segno dell’ Aquila / Milano, 1764
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