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24th February 2021

Information for visitors to Brompton’s Auctioneers

All appointments for viewing, valuations, consignments or collections will be by strict appointment and visitors will only be admitted into the office or building if the guidelines below have been followed. This is to keep our visitors and staff safe and secure during the COVID-19 situation...

14th September 2020

Teaching a chair to play the violin: the shifting terrain of music lessons and its challenges

The esteemed violin teacher and pedagogue of the 20th century, Ivan Alexander Galamian, was rumoured to be so brilliant that he could make a violinist out of a chair. Boasting a star-studded roster of former pupils including Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman and Kyung-Wha Chung, Galamian’s teaching wizardry was undeniable...

2nd September 2020

Violino, violoncello, viola – quanto vale?

I nostri esperti di fama mondiale sono lieti di offrire valutazioni gratuite e confidenziali senza impegno, al fine di un eventuale inserimento in una prossima asta o al fine assicurativo di violini, viole e violoncelli.

22nd May 2020

Orchestrating a life of calm: the effect of orchestral music on mental wellbeing

A recent study by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra has shown that listening to orchestral music can lift people’s spirits and assist with their mental wellbeing.

10th March 2020

Listen to the March 2020 Fine Sale Highlights

Watch violinist Claire Wells and gambist Alice Trocellier play on some of the highlights from our March Fine Sale.

29th January 2020

Is this the Ex-J. S. Bach?

This very fine viola da gamba was made by Johann Christian Hoffmann in Leipzig in approximately 1730, and could quite easily be the instrument left by Hoffmann to his friend Johann Sebastian Bach.

15th November 2019

Giornate Italiane di Valutazione

I nostri esperti di fama mondiale sono lieti di offrire valutazioni gratuite e confidenziali senza impegno, al fine di un eventuale inserimento in una prossima asta o al fine assicurativo di violini, viole e violoncelli.

28th January 2019

Full Concert Videos: Glories of Venice – A Celebration of Rare Cellos at the Royal Academy of Music

Watch the full concert videos of Glories of Venice which was held at the Royal Academy of Music on 25th November 2018. The event was proudly sponsored by Brompton's Auctioneers.

23rd October 2018

Glories of Venice: A Celebration of Rare Cellos – 25th November 2018, Royal Academy of Music

Brompton’s is proud to be the official sponsor of Glories of Venice: A Celebration of Rare Cellos at the Royal Academy of Music this November.

22nd December 2017

2018 US Valuation Days Announced

6th October 2017

Watch Corina Belcea, Claire Wells, Eirian Lewis and Taro Takeuchi play highlights from our October Sale

9th March 2017

Watch David Ballesteros play instruments from our March 27th Sale