Skinner to Host Fine Musical Instruments Auction in Boston

Last Updated on Friday, 28 October 2011 03:22 Written by a2e Friday, 28 October 2011 03:22

Skinner, Inc. will host an auction of Fine Musical Instruments on November 6th at noon in its Boston gallery. More than 350 lots are highlighted by fretted instruments, violins, bows, cellos, woodwinds, and brass instruments.
The Martin D-45 Guitar and Fretted Instruments
Of particular note is a Martin D-45, lot 18, the first guitar of the twentieth [...]
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Skinner to Host Auction of Fine Musical Instruments

Last Updated on Friday, 1 October 2010 01:52 Written by a2e Friday, 1 October 2010 01:52

Skinner, Inc. will host an auction of Fine Musical Instruments on October 10th in its Boston gallery.  Along with fine examples of Italian violins, bows and guitars, the auction features a varied collection of raw materials in maple, spruce, ebony and pernambuco as well as more than 100 lots of violin memorabilia including signed and [...]
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Judy Collins Guitars for New York Auction

Last Updated on Wednesday, 22 September 2010 06:00 Written by a2e Wednesday, 22 September 2010 06:00

Christie’s will auction guitars, from American Singer-Songwriter, Judy Collins, during it’s fall sale of Fine Musical Instruments on October 8 in New York. Comprising of the 8 guitars, 7 of them by C.F. Martin and Company, and an autoharp, this collection reflects Collins’s extensive recording and performing history from the early 1960’s to the 21st century.

The collection includes a 1939 D-28 by C.F. Martin and Company (estimate: $20,000-30,000), a guitar that Judy played extensively between 1968 to 1977 and recorded hits such as Who Knows Where The Time Goes and Whales and Nightingales; a 2002 12-string HD12-35SJC by C.F. Martin and Company (estimate: $2,000-4,000), a contemporary guitar custom made for Judy where she chose the wood and the pearl inlayed wildflower to the neck; and an autoharp by Oscar Schmidt, circa 1970 (estimate: $1,000-2,000), an instrument where she recorded The Fisherman Song and also performed with it on Sesame Street in 1972.

Judy Collins’s impressive musical career has spanned for more than 50 years. She made her public debut at the age of 13 as a classical pianist and released her first album in 1961, A Maid of Constant Sorrow, at the age of 22. A Grammy Award winner for Send in the Clowns, she is also renowned for hits such as Both Sides Now, Turn, Turn, Turn, In My Life, Whales & Nightingales, Running for My Life, Home Again, Christmas at the Biltmore among many others. She has collaborated with talented artists including Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, and Randy Newman. Judy Collins, now 71, is still writing, performing, and plays 80 to 100 dates a year around the world.

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Fine Music Instruments Sound Off at Skinner Auction

Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 April 2010 09:45 Written by a2e Tuesday, 13 April 2010 09:45

Skinner, Inc. will host an auction of Fine Musical Instruments on April 25th in its Boston gallery.  Offered will be nearly 350 lots representing the best in classical and modern instruments including vintage guitars by Gibson and Martin, exceptional solid body guitars, fine Italian violins, and fine French bows. 
Outstanding violins grace the auction including one [...]
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Gardiner Houlgate: Fine Musical Instruments in London

Last Updated on Tuesday, 2 March 2010 11:45 Written by a2e Tuesday, 2 March 2010 11:45

Fine Musical Instruments in London
Mar 8, 2010, 11:00 AM GMT
Gardiner Houlgate: Mayfair, UK
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