Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-08-21


hand dealers for q few shillincs. An
undoubted Antonius Stradivarius may,
on the other hand, bring at auction sale
a. much a. EGO.
Such Q stupsndous price was realized
q day or two since at the sale of Messrs.
Puttick 4 Simpson Of choice collsc-
ton of violins, the property Of q GEN
tleman deceased. Tho instrument
which reached the final and amazing
bid Of eco was brought to England BY
the celebrated Norwegian violinist, Ole
Bull, who in the long line Of famous
nddlers may be placed between Pa
Ranini and SivoFl, and the violin which
be brought with him to our shores ia
known among "ndiculamaniacs" as
the Spanish Stradivarius," and 10 of
the date of 1857. After this excep-
tionally interesting instrument had
been sold there was sold for ESQ q
Joseph Guarnerius of 1873, and an
other by the same maker or "author,"
as it 10 technically the etiquette to term
the manufacturers of 6ddles, for G2l5.
This instrument was also dated 1873.
A violin by Carly Bernoxi brought ESQ;
one by Jacob Stainer, G45 a violin
with the belly" only, by Strsdivarius,
Els; and, as bonnie bouche," viO-
lencsllo, formerly the property of
George H., and Of the make Of Fran
cisco RuRRieri, or Ra0erius." was
knocked down for ESQ. Recognizing
the eternal fitness OF Buffers aphorism,
/" For what is worth in anything but 90
much money a. twill bring :" We are
not prepared to stiQmatize a. inordinate
the prices attained by these old fiddles.
The seven lots brought An aggregate
sum Of el500 but there are other anna
teurs in other branches of "virtu" Who
will cheerfully give thrice the sum Just
named for bureau Of Boule ware, for
merly the property Of some French
King or Queen, while q thousand
pounds would be readily offered for
pair of old sevrea vases Of Rose Du-
barry" or I" Bleu du Roi !" and there are
old Dresden figures that would still be
accounted cheap ct . HUNDRED guineAs
spices. Al for IN unimpeeohably genu-
inc "grosae pieoe" Of Palsy or Henri
Deux" ware, only the wealthiest of COL
leotors or the curator Of Q national mu-
scum would BE- able TO bid. for such a
treasure: Objects quite - beautiful in
form, in 'pottinQ," In color, and in
glazing can be and are systematically
Initiated; Ind in Paris some years since
there Was factory doing . large bust
men In the fabrication Of sham antique
Crsmona hddles; bat II ID the rarity Of
the original article quito a. much a. its
beauty that makes IL precious to the
virtuoso. A reproduction BY the photo
xineoRraphic process of the First Folio
Of Shakespeare works ID very interest
ing, bat what 10 ito value in comparison
With that OF q First Folio itsslff First
editions Of Cookers Arithmetic, Of Mn.
Glasses Cookery Bsok," Of Dilly's
Grammar, and Hoyle's "0ames" are "a
esrly sought for, not for their literary
value, but because they are scarce,
and the drst edition Of the late
Mr.. A. Beckett's "Comic His
tery Of England" will command .
higher price IN the market than . copy
Of the 1662 edition Of Hhslton's translA-
ton Of "Don Qnixote." A black-letter
''Chaucer" Of 1859 may fetch IS, copy
Of IN edition Of few years earlier win
b worth SO. A regards Crsmona i'd
dles. double or three times the sum
realized at the recent sale might have
been obtained had there becn dEnoug the
raFities belonging 70 the gentleman do
ceased . single violin BY 0Aaparo di
Sale, who seems 70 have made toward
the end OF the Sixteenth century the
earliest Of what may b called modsrn
yiolins. The world famed Cremoua
6ddloo are all Of late Seventeenth and
Eightssnth manufao&ure. The AmAtis
Of Oremo0a, lad the van - authors"
Of thoso wundeRful instruments. Andrea
Amah was the Arst to gain renown for
his Antonio, and than oame his sons
0sronimo and Antonio, and he son
Of former Nicola. The prestige Of
the Awaits, however, . BY some
"ooQnooconti" considered 10
have ben solipoed By Antonio Htradi-
varA - Sex1divasius, the traditions Of
whose sxoellenoe we're continued BY the
0uaraneei and Rugieri families. These
sxf1aoedinary craftamsn, wiser than the
LADY in Tho 0aardian," knew wall
enough vhseeabouts ina 6ddle the tune
lay. According 10 The learned II. Otto,
ID nrstrate OTemona dddle h constructed
in strict accordance with the rules Of
mathematical The fngtrumeut COM
peisss hfty eight distinct divisions
some authorities give sixty-niue-al-
though in ehanp victims the parts ars
not % infinitely subdividsd. The baok,
neck, sides and circles aro Of sycamore;
the belly, baso- bar, sounding post, and
six blocks Of deal, the hnesr-boa1d and
tail-pieos Of ebony. A Ceemona 0ddls
should have . strong rssdy to1s, some
thing like that OF claxionst; but the
tone Of Saaiueg or Seeiuee approaches
that Of dute.-Londom Telegraph.