Paolo Antonio Testore
Auction price history
Highest auction price
£78,500
| Type | Details | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violin | Labelled Carlo Giuseppe Testore in Con-, trada Larga di Milano al, Segno dell'Aquila 1690 | May 2024 | £55,805 |
| Viola | 39.5 cm late 19th C. [Ascribed to] | December 2011 | £13,924 |
| Violin | 35.4 cm [Attributed to] | November 2011 | £24,434 |
| Violin | October 2011 | £10,000 | |
| Violin | 35.8 cm Milan, 1740 c. | May 2011 | £58,591 |
| Violin | 35.7 cm Milan, 1749 | April 2011 | £62,707 |
| Violin | 35.5 cm Milan, 1740 c. | March 2011 | £34,850 |
| Violin | 35.8 cm Milan, 1750 c. | March 2010 | £37,250 |
| Violin | 35.6 cm [Attributed to] | May 2007 | £3,168 |
| Violin | 35.5 cm Milan, 1750 c. | November 2006 | £37,592 |
| Violin | 35.7 cm Milano, 1730 c. | October 2006 | £19,406 |
| Violin | 35.8 cm Milan, 1730 c. | May 2006 | £22,994 |
| Violin | 35.7 cm Mid-18th C. [Ascribed to] | February 2006 | £4,800 |
| Violin | Milan, 1720 c. [Attributed to] | November 2004 | £19,200 |
| Violin | 1760 | November 2000 | £5,290 |
| Violin | 1750 c. | March 1997 | £8,625 |
| Viola | 40.5 cm 1717 | March 1995 | £78,500 |
| Violin | 1740 | May 1989 | £17,600 |
| Violin | 1725-50 | March 1989 | £15,400 |
| Violin | 1750 c. | March 1989 | £15,400 |
| Violin | 1720 c. | November 1986 | £9,900 |
| Cello | 1750 c. | November 1985 | £9,350 |
| Cello | 1737 | December 1984 | £11,092 |
| Violin | 1734 | May 1983 | £1,650 |
| Violin | 1746 | May 1980 | £3,520 |
Biographies
John Dilworth
TESTORE, Paolo Antonio Born circa. 1690, died 1767 Milan Italy. Son, pupil, and successor of Carlo Giuseppe Testore, above. The least adept maker of the family. Often quite coarse and sometimes very high-arched instruments with all short-cuts taken: scratched and inked purfling, unfluted pegbox, poor wood. The varnish may be of quite poor lifeless brown colour, but occasionally is lighter in tone and has some glow. The scrolls are in themselves remarkable for their carelessness and almost plastic quality. Assisted at some point by C. F. Landolphi. Paolo Antonio Testore / Milano 17.. Paolo Antonio Testore figlio / di Carlo Giuseppe Testore / in Contrada Larga di Mila- / no al Segno dell’ Aquila 1759
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