A Spanish Guitar by Antonio de Torres, Seville 1856
Price Sold
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Estimates
GBP: £40,000 - £60,000
USD: $60,788 - $91,182
EUR: €53,436 - €80,154
JPY: ¥7,293,960 - ¥10,940,940
Lot Title
A Spanish Guitar by Antonio de Torres, Seville 1856
Description
A spruce soundboard with five gable shaped fan-braces and two diagonal ones. The inlaid rosette of rosewood with yellow coloured wooden concentric circles. A three-piece back and sides of cypress.. The neck and head of cedar, with rosewood fingerboard and eighteen bar-shaped metal frets.. The head faced with rosewood, fashioned with mortises with square ramps to accommodate later tuning machines with bone buttons.. A bone nut, saddle and tie-block cap. Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside the country of sale.
Dimensions
String length: 651mm. Length of back: 460mm
Maker
Category
Guitar
Date
1856
Origin
Spain
Auctioneer
Brompton's
Date Sold
November 2015
Lot Number
183
Antonio de-Torres Auction Results
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