A Very Important Spanish Guitar by Antonio de Torres, Almeria 1888
Price Sold
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Estimates
GBP: £90,000 - £140,000
USD: $147,825.90 - $229,951.40
EUR: €108,340.20 - €168,529.20
JPY: ¥15,435,630 - ¥24,010,980
KRW: ₩157,795,200 - ₩245,459,200
Lot Title
A Very Important Spanish Guitar by Antonio de Torres, Almeria 1888
Description
Property of a Gentleman. Soundboard of three pieces of spruce. Seven rounded radial braces with two diagonal ones. A rosette with central motif of herringbone inlay, flanked by half-herringbone and green, brown and yellow concentric circles. Rosewood bridge with tie-block. Similar coloured seven ply purfling with rosewood binding. Ribs of rosewood and a three piece back of rosewood, flanked with stained mahogany. Kerfed pine linings. Cedar neck with a three part cedar heel. The cedar head, faced with rosewood containing mortises with square ramps. Original tuning machines with oval-shaped bone buttons. Fretboard with nineteen T-shaped frets. Bone nut and saddle.
Dimensions
Length of back and string-length of 481.5mm & 654mm respectively
Maker
Category
Guitar
Date
1888
Origin
Spain
Auctioneer
Brompton's
Date Sold
October 2014
Lot Number
168
Antonio de-Torres Auction Results
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