Description:
Modern Italian Violin, Attributed to Andrea Cortese, Genoa, 1923, labeled Andrea Cortese, and bearing a stamp under the G peg and internally AC in a circle, length of two-piece back 355 mm.
Estimate $4,000-6,000
many flecks and abrasions especially on the top, scratches under the tailpiece from tuners, repaired crack in the rib in the upper bout.
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