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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
73 A violin by Jacques Boquay, Paris, circa 1715 £2,000 - £4,000 £2,000 View
74 A violin by Leon Bernardel, Paris 1926 £2,000 - £4,000 £2,000 View
75 A violin, possibly by Gustave Adolphe Bernardel, Paris, 1894 £1,500 - £2,500 £1,500 View
76 A violin, labelled Carlo Ferdinando Landolfi £1,000 - £2,000 £1,000 View
77 A violin by Georges Apparut, Mirecourt £1,000 - £2,000 £1,000 View
78 A violin by Richard Duke, London, circa 1770
Bearing its original neck
£1,000 - £2,000 £1,000 View
79 A violin, Workshop of Claudio Monteverde, Cremona, 1923 £600 - £1,000 £600 View
80 A violin, possibly Workshop of Derazey, Mirecourt, circa 1900 £600 - £1,000 £600 View
81 A violin by Antoine Anciaume, Mirecourt circa 1830 £500 - £1,000 £500 View
82 A violin for Beare & Son, Mirecourt circa 1920 £500 - £1,000 £500 View
83 A violin, probably by Thomas Urquhart circa 1670 £500 - £1,000 £500 View
84 A violin by Socquet, Paris 1769 £500 - £1,000 £500 View
85 A violin, early 20th century, probably British £400 - £600 £400 View
86 A violin, workshops of Honore Derazey, Mirecourt circa 1880 £400 - £600 £400 View
87 A violin, workshops of Henry Thouvenel, Mirecourt circa 1870 £400 - £600 £400 View
88 A violin, France, 19th Century £300 - £500 £300 View
89 A violin by George H. Buckman, Dover, 1920 £300 - £500 £300 View
90 A violin, Germany, 18th century £300 - £500 £300 View
91 A violin, France, circa 1900 £300 - £500 £300 View
92 A violin, labelled and probaby by Jean Striebig, Mirecourt 1937 £300 - £500 £300 View
93 A violin, Mirecourt, circa 1920 £300 - £500 £300 View
94 A violin, England, 19th century £300 - £500 £300 View
95 A violin, Mirecourt, 19th century £300 - £500 £300 View
96 A violin, Mirecourt, circa 1890 £300 - £400 £300 View

Total lots: 278

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