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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
217 The Retford Centenary Exhibition £10 - £20 £10 View
218 Practical History of The Violin £10 - £20 £10 View
219 Hary Wahl's Violins £10 - £20 £10 View
220 The Violin and its Music
By George Hart
£10 - £20 £10 View
221 Amati Violin Makers 1500-1740 £10 - £20 £10 View
222 Bottega Italiana, Rare Italian Instruments from the Chi-Mei Collection £10 - £20 £10 View
223 Meister Deutscher Geigenbaukunst
By Fridolin Hamma
£10 - £20 £10 View
224 Antonio Stradivari His Life and Work 1644-1737
By W. E. Hill & Sons
£10 - £20 £10 View
225 Masterpieces of Italian Violin Making
By John Huber
£10 - £20 £10 View
226 Geigenbauer der Deutschen Schule / Violin makers of the German School
Walter Hamma
£10 - £20 £10 View
227 Dictionary of British Violin and Bow Makers
Dennis G. Plowright.
£10 - £20 £10 View
228 How Many Strads - Our Heritage from the Master
Bein & Fushi
£10 - £20 £10 View
229 L'Esposizione Di Liuteria Antica A Cremona Nel 1937 £10 - £20 £10 View
230 French Bow Makers - A concise guide
Anton Lu
£10 - £20 £10 View
231 Edward Withers Ltd.
Adam Whone
£10 - £20 £10 View
232 The Legend of Italian Violins, Brescian and Cremonese Violin Makers
Chimei
£10 - £20 £10 View
233 The Becket Collection of Historical Musical Instruments
Royal Academy of Music, London
£10 - £20 £10 View
234 Les Violons, Venetian Instruments Paintings and Drawings
Association pour la Promotion des Arts.
£10 - £20 £10 View
235 Dictionnaire Universel des Luthiers
René Vannes
£10 - £20 £10 View
236 Twelve Hard Bound Sotheby's Catalogues
Sotheby's
£10 - £20 £10 View
237 The Messiah violin: a reliable history?
Nicholas Sackman
£10 - £20 £10 View
238 The Violin Masterpieces of Guarneri del Gesù
Peter Biddulph
£10 - £20 £10 View
239 Linee Classiche Della Liuteria Italiana / The Classic Lines of Italian Violin Making
Carlo Vettori
£10 - £20 £10 View
240 The Hill Bow Makers 1880 - 1962
John Milnes and Derek Wilson
£10 - £20 £10 View

Total lots: 278

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