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[martin swan]

Gagliano no.2 on Ebay
Well they're coming thick and fast. Same seller, different id (both anagrams of violin I suppose)
I wonder if he got the cobwebs from a spray can.
Another dizzying price for a junk fiddle that someone's stepped on .....

[La Folia]

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[skiingfiddler]

Martin,

Here is the description of that fiddle:

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Here is an old violin straight from attic. Complete with cobwebs out side and inside.

This violin is old and labelled Gennaro Gagliano , fecit Neapoli 1738 See the picture which was hard to take.

There are 2 or 3 old cracks on the front but these are old and not open . One string missing and a bow in the case [ seized ]

stamped N Laury a Paris. Niece of uncle who owned the instrument says it had a great tone when she heard last played.

Here to go so starts at 150 GB
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What part of that description or evaluation would you disagree with?

[zefir68]

I find that these types of eBay ads are simple to weed out with a little experience. From my own observations, the back of a violin can be easily made to be beautiful to look at. The flaming of the wood easy to show off. The front, a different matter. I notice that there are no straight on shots of the front of the violin. I think that would be more crucial. The back displays good woodworking. The front, with its f-holes needing to be fluid and give character to the instrument, needs the attention of an artist. Any string instrument for sale online that does not have straight on shots of the front, I do not even consider looking at, it's a waste of time.

[Addie]

And another...

http://www.maestrone...howtopic=326257

[Tommy]

I am an idiot when it comes to violin verification but even so the first thing that I looked at is whether it has a grafted neck and apparently it does not (unless I am an even greater idiot that I thought). I have actually bought nice unique expensive items off of ebay. Why is it that in the violin world it remains like the wild west?