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The Collection of Andrew Hooker - 23rd September

Start date Friday 11 September 2026 End date Wednesday 23 September 2026
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ANDREW HOOKER


Andrew was educated at Chetham's School of Music in Manchester. Andrew joined Sotheby's in London in 1978, starting as an administrator and progressing to cataloguer in the musical instruments department. 


Handling thousands of violins, violas and cellos passing through the auction house gave Andrew a thorough grounding in maker identification. Andrew rose to departmental Director, a role he held for the last seven of his thirteen years at the firm, travelling throughout Europe and the USA appraising stringed instruments for auction. By 1985 Andrew was the house specialist and often quoted in the international press on major sales.


In 1991 Andrew left Sotheby's and founded Andrew Hooker Violins. He subsequently moved the business into Christchurch House, a redundant Georgian church in the village of Rode, near Frome in Somerset. 


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Total lots: 278

Lot Title Estimate Bid Ends
1 A cello, labelled Thos. Kennedy £800 - £1,200 £800 View
2 A cello, Germany, 19th century £300 - £400 £300 View
3 A three quarter-sized cello, circa 1800 £200 - £300 £200 View
4 A cello, labelled Renzo Pasolini £10 - £20 £10 View
5 A cello, unlabelled £10 - £20 £10 View
6 A cello, unlabelled £10 - £20 £10 View
7 A cello, labelled Renzo Pasolini £10 - £20 £10 View
8 A three quarter-sized cello, labelled Renzo Pasolini £10 - £20 £10 View
9 A viola, workshops of Thomas Dodd (I), England circa 1800
Fingerboard bearing the number: R374
£2,000 - £4,000 £2,000 View
10 A baroque viola, probably Mittenwald, circa 1770 £600 - £1,000 £600 View
11 A viola by Dennis G. Plowright, Exmouth, 1995 £200 - £400 £200 View
12 A viola, unlabelled £10 - £20 £10 View
13 A viola, probably Bohemia circa 1790 £10 - £20 £10 View
14 A silver-mounted cello bow, branded Tourte £10 - £20 £10 View
15 A nickel-mounted cello bow, unbranded £10 - £20 £10 View
16 A nickel-mounted cello bow, Germany, circa 1920 £10 - £20 £10 View
17 A silver-mounted cello bow, unbranded £10 - £20 £10 View
18 A nickel-mounted cello bow, workshops of Paesold, Germany, circa 1980 £10 - £20 £10 View
19 A nickel-mounted cello bow, branded Prima 200 £10 - £20 £10 View
20 A nickel-mounted cello bow, unbranded £10 - £20 £10 View
21 A nickel-mounted cello bow, unbranded £10 - £20 £10 View
22 A nickel-mounted viola bow, unbranded £10 - £20 £10 View
23 A nickel-mounted viola bow, Germany, circa 1970 £10 - £20 £10 View
24 A silver-mounted violin bow, Workshop of W. E. Hill & Sons, England £500 - £600 £500 View

Total lots: 278

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