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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 73
A violin by Jacques Boquay, Paris, circa 1715
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
Starting bid: £2,000
Lot 75
A violin, possibly by Gustave Adolphe Bernardel, Paris, 1894
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
Starting bid: £1,500
Lot 76
A violin, labelled Carlo Ferdinando Landolfi
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
Starting bid: £1,000
Lot 77
A violin by Georges Apparut, Mirecourt
Appears to bear its original bridge.
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
Starting bid: £1,000
Lot 78
A violin by Richard Duke, London, circa 1770
Bearing its original neck
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
Starting bid: £1,000
Lot 79
A violin, Workshop of Claudio Monteverde, Cremona, 1923
Estimate: £600 - £1,000
Starting bid: £600
Lot 80
A violin, possibly Workshop of Derazey, Mirecourt, circa 1900
Estimate: £600 - £1,000
Starting bid: £600
Lot 81
A violin by Antoine Anciaume, Mirecourt circa 1830
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
Starting bid: £500
Lot 82
A violin for Beare & Son, Mirecourt circa 1920
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
Starting bid: £500
Lot 83
A violin, probably by Thomas Urquhart circa 1670
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
Starting bid: £500
Lot 86
A violin, workshops of Honore Derazey, Mirecourt circa 1880
Estimate: £400 - £600
Starting bid: £400
Lot 87
A violin, workshops of Henry Thouvenel, Mirecourt circa 1870
Estimate: £400 - £600
Starting bid: £400
Lot 92
A violin, labelled and probaby by Jean Striebig, Mirecourt 1937
Estimate: £300 - £500
Starting bid: £300
