Notable Sales: Antonio Stradivari | Violin, circa 1698-1700
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Ex-Guyot; Callier
Cremona, circa 1698-1700
labelled Antonius Stradivarius Cremonensis / Facietbat Anno 1700
length of back 35.5cm.
Little is known about the c1698-1700 ‘ex-Guyot; Callier’ until it came into the ownership of Emil Hermann in the 1920s. Hermann is said to have been captured by Russian troops during the first world war before fleeing Russia to the US after the revolution, bringing with him a fine collection of instruments saved from the Bolsheviks.
In 1928, Hermann sold the violin to Jean Guyot, from whom it received its name, and in 1930 the violin was acquired by Erich Lachmann. Lachmann was a German violin maker living in San Francisco whose impressive collection of instruments included not only 14 Strads but a huge number of other, non-orchestral, antique stringed instruments such as viols, lyres, and zithers. His book, Erich Lachmann Collection, details many of these instruments with illustrations.
In 1949, just before Lachmann’s death in 1950, the ‘ex-Guyot’ was bought by Frank J. Callier, a bow maker from Hollywood, who lent the violin the second part of its name. The now ‘ex-Guyot; Callier’ was sold to Herbert Axelrod in 2002 and bought from him in 2003 by the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra. The NJSO sold the violin again to Seth & Brooke Taube, twins and businessmen from the United States, in 2007. Most recently the ‘ex-Guyot; Callier’ was sold by private sale through Ingles & Hayday in 2013. Benjamin Schmid was lent the violin by its current owner and played on it for many years, although he now plays on other instruments.
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