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The Collection of Andrew Hooker - 23rd September
Start date Friday 11 September 2026
End date Wednesday 23 September 2026
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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Lot 8
A three quarter-sized cello, labelled Renzo Pasolini
Estimate: £10 - £20
Starting bid: £10
Lot 9
A viola, workshops of Thomas Dodd (I), England circa 1800
Fingerboard bearing the number: R374
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
Starting bid: £2,000
Lot 10
A baroque viola, probably Mittenwald, circa 1770
Estimate: £600 - £1,000
Starting bid: £600
Lot 18
A nickel-mounted cello bow, workshops of Paesold, Germany, circa 1980
Estimate: £10 - £20
Starting bid: £10
Lot 24
A silver-mounted violin bow, Workshop of W. E. Hill & Sons, England
Estimate: £500 - £600
Starting bid: £500