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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.

London Office Viewing

10A Chandos Street, W1G 9DQ

Please call the office to reserve your viewing slot:

Wednesday 16th - 4pm to 8pm

Thursday 17th - 10am to 5pm

Friday 18th - 10am to 5pm

Monday 21st - 10am to 4pm

Tuesday 22nd - 10am to 5pm

For auction enquiries please email [email protected]

Buyers' Fee is 22% and VAT may be applicable.

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Lot	Title	Estimate	Bid
241	W. E. Hill & Sons, Violin Makers 1880 - 1936 John Basford and Tim Toft	£10 - £20	£10	View
242	The "Secrets" of Stradivari Simone F. Sacconi	£10 - £20	£10	View
243	Augusto e Gaetano Pollastri, Liutai in Bologna 1877 - 1960 Cesare Magrini	£10 - £20	£10	View
244	The Brompton's Book of Violin and Bow Makers John Dilworth, Ed. John Milnes	£10 - £20	£10	View
245	Benjamin Banks, The Salisbury Violin Maker 1727 - 1795 Albert W. Cooper	£10 - £20	£10	View
246	The Late Cremonese Violin Makers Dmitry Gindin	£10 - £20	£10	View
247	Tourte Le Jeune Paul Childs	£10 - £20	£10	View
248	Carlo Bergonzi, A Cremonese Master Unveiled Christopher Reuning	£10 - £20	£10	View
249	Antonio Stradivari, The Cremona Exhibition of 1987 Charles Beare	£10 - £20	£10	View
250	Book	£10 - £20	£10	View
251	Mr. Black's Violins Andrew Hooker	£10 - £20	£10	View
252	Gio: Paolo Maggini, His Life and Work W. E. Hill & Sons	£10 - £20	£10	View
253	Liuteria Italiana en la Argentina - Italian Violin Making In Argentina Pablo Alejandro Saravi	£10 - £20	£10	View
254	Galleria dell'Accademia, Collezione del Conservatorio "Luigi Cherubini" Gabriele Rossi Rognoni	£10 - £20	£10	View
255	Violins, Vuillaume Cite de la Musique	£10 - £20	£10	View
256	The Hill Collection of Musical Instruments David Boyden	£10 - £20	£10	View
257	Violin and Bow Makers Past and Present Dennis G. Plowright	£10 - £20	£10	View
258	Les Luthiers Français L & V. Le Canu	£10 - £20	£10	View
259	Count Ignazio Alessandro Cozio Di Salabue Andrew Dipper and David Woodrow	£10 - £20	£10	View
260	Unverisal Dictionary of Violin & Bow Makers William Henley	£10 - £20	£10	View
261	Goffriller, Amati Vuillaume, Violins and Violinists Ernest N. Doring	£10 - £20	£10	View
262	The Shape of Stradivari Forms and Violins David Woodrow	£10 - £20	£10	View
263	W. E. Hill & Sons, (1880 - 1992): A Tribute Ealing Strings	£10 - £20	£10	View
264	In Focus One and Two The Strad.	£10 - £20	£10	View

Total lots: 278

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The Collection of Andrew Hooker - 23rd September

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.

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.

London Office Viewing

10A Chandos Street, W1G 9DQ

Please call the office to reserve your viewing slot:

Wednesday 16th - 4pm to 8pm

Thursday 17th - 10am to 5pm

Friday 18th - 10am to 5pm

Monday 21st - 10am to 4pm

Tuesday 22nd - 10am to 5pm

For auction enquiries please email [email protected]

Buyers' Fee is 22% and VAT may be applicable.

Shipping Zones Zone 1 - UK | Zone 2 - Europe | Zone 3 - US/Canada | Zone 4 - InternationalPlease note shipping rates are for guidance only.

Shipping Zones
Zone 1 - UK | Zone 2 - Europe | Zone 3 - US/Canada | Zone 4 - International
Please note shipping rates are for guidance only.