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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 222
Bottega Italiana, Rare Italian Instruments from the Chi-Mei Collection
Estimate: £10 - £20
Starting bid: £10
Lot 223
Meister Deutscher Geigenbaukunst
By Fridolin Hamma
Estimate: £10 - £20
Starting bid: £10
Lot 224
Antonio Stradivari His Life and Work 1644-1737
By W. E. Hill & Sons
Estimate: £10 - £20
Starting bid: £10
Lot 225
Masterpieces of Italian Violin Making
By John Huber
Estimate: £10 - £20
Starting bid: £10
Lot 226
Geigenbauer der Deutschen Schule / Violin makers of the German School
Walter Hamma
Volumes one and two.
Estimate: £10 - £20
Starting bid: £10
Lot 227
Dictionary of British Violin and Bow Makers
Dennis G. Plowright.
Estimate: £10 - £20
Starting bid: £10
Lot 228
How Many Strads - Our Heritage from the Master
Bein & Fushi
Estimate: £10 - £20
Starting bid: £10
Lot 229
L'Esposizione Di Liuteria Antica A Cremona Nel 1937
Estimate: £10 - £20
Starting bid: £10
Lot 232
The Legend of Italian Violins, Brescian and Cremonese Violin Makers
Chimei
Estimate: £10 - £20
Starting bid: £10
Lot 233
The Becket Collection of Historical Musical Instruments
Royal Academy of Music, London
Estimate: £10 - £20
Starting bid: £10
Lot 234
Les Violons, Venetian Instruments Paintings and Drawings
Association pour la Promotion des Arts.
Estimate: £10 - £20
Starting bid: £10
Lot 237
The Messiah violin: a reliable history?
Nicholas Sackman
Estimate: £10 - £20
Starting bid: £10
Lot 238
The Violin Masterpieces of Guarneri del Gesù
Peter Biddulph
Estimate: £10 - £20
Starting bid: £10
Lot 239
Linee Classiche Della Liuteria Italiana / The Classic Lines of Italian Violin Making
Carlo Vettori
Estimate: £10 - £20
Starting bid: £10
Lot 240
The Hill Bow Makers 1880 - 1962
John Milnes and Derek Wilson
Estimate: £10 - £20
Starting bid: £10