Results: Scientific & Musical Instruments 14th May

An Early 20^th Century Cello topped the Scientific and Musical Instruments Sale at Tennants Auctioneers, when it sold for £8,000, ten times the lower estimate (all figures exclude buyer’s premium). Made in France in 1929, the fine instrument appeared to have been little used, contributing to its success. However, this was only one of a string of notable results in the musical instruments section of the sale. Further notable lots included a good Violin, which was stamped ‘Turner London’ and sold together with a bow and a good early case that sold for £6,500, and from the same vendor was a Violin Bow by the much sought-after maker W.E. Hill & Sons of London that sold for £4,200. Other interesting bows included a Viola Bow stamped ‘Hill’ that sold for £1,500, and a Cello Bow stamped ‘C. Thomassin’ that sold for £1,600.

Amongst the less tradition instruments was a Clifford Paragon Four-String Banjo; by a desirable maker, it sold for £2,200. Selling well over estimate, too, were a set of Northumbrian Pipes that sold for £850 and in the collectable music section of the sale a set of Twelve Beatles Mono Reel-To-Reel Tapes sold for £1,400.

There was strong bidding on a wide selection of Cameras in the sale too, including a large private collection which sold very well throughout; the rest of the collection will be sold in subsequent sales. Highlights from the collection on offer will include a Hasselblad 500C/M Camera with Carl Zeiss T* Sonnar f4 150mm lens, prism view, film backs and flash units, which sold for £950. From another private collection came a good Hasselblad CFV-50C Digital Camera Back (sold for £1,500, and a Leica M11 Camera Body (sold for £2,900).

The sale realised a total hammer price of £88,520, with an 88% sold rate for the 300 lots.

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