Description:
Three Violins, labeled MADE IN FRANCE, Felice Beretta, and W.G. Latimer, length of back 358, 360, and 360 mm.
Estimate $300-500
1: Repair to neck heel and button, cracks in upper back.
2: Partially reglued center back seam, damage to varnish, crack in top next to sound post, multiple belly cracks, rib cracks, bushed A-peg crack, small crack back of pegbox.
3: Damage to varnish, back stripped, open seams.
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