Iconography Index

Black-and-white photos (front & back): Rare Violins in the Possession of Emil Herrmann: 1926-7, Emil Herrmann, Berlin, 1927.

Order Black-and-white photos (side, scroll, f-hole & C-bout): Sotheby's Highly Important Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, November 21, 1974, London, Sotheby's, London, 1974.

Order Color photos (front & back): Sotheby's Highly Important Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, November 21, 1974, London, Sotheby's, London, 1974.

Color photos (front, back & scroll): Antonio Stradivari - Catalogue of the 2008 Exhibit in Montpelier, Peter Biddulph & Frédéric Chaudière, instrument notes by John Dilworth, Musée Fabre / Actes Sud, Montpelier, 2008.

Provenance

Owner	Owned From	Owned In	Owned Till	Price paid
Munetsugu Collection (Japan)		2008
...
Mrs. Toscha Seidel		1945
Toscha Seidel	1924			For members only
Emil Herrmann	1924		1924
Erich Lachmann	1924		1924
Charles Tunsch (Berlin)	1923
Caressa & Francais (Paris)			1923
G. Fourchy
Chardon & Fils (Paris)	1888
Vicomte de Janze
M. d'Emonville
...

 Current owner
 Indicates that the owner is or was also a musician

Players

Name	Played From	Played In	Played To
Matteo Fedeli		2004
...
Toscha Seidel		1937
...

 Current player
 Indicates that the musician is or was also an owner of one or more instruments

Auctions

Auction	Date	Note	Estimate	Hammer Price
Sotheby's, London	Nov-21-1974			For members only

Including buyer's premium

Certificates

Certificate: Erich Lachmann, Los Angeles, September 24, 1950

Certificate: Caressa & Francais, Paris, May 10, 1914

Receipt: Chardon & Fils, Paris, March 10, 1888

Receipt: Chardon & Fils, Paris, July 9, 1888

Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London, February 21, 1962

Certificate: Oswald A. Schilbach, New York, April 22, 1924

Certificate: Emil Herrmann, Cologne, April 17, 1924

References

Order An Encyclopedia of the Violin (1925), Alberto Bachman, The Library Press Limited, London, 1925.

Antonio Stradivari - Catalogue of the 2008 Exhibit in Montpelier, Peter Biddulph & Frédéric Chaudière, instrument notes by John Dilworth, Musée Fabre / Actes Sud, Montpelier, 2008.

How Many Strads?, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago, 1945.

Rare Violins in the Possession of Emil Herrmann: 1926-7, Emil Herrmann, Berlin, 1927.

Order Sotheby's Highly Important Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, November 21, 1974, London, Sotheby's, London, 1974.

The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C..

The Stradivari Memorial (1977), William Dana Orcutt, Da Capo Press, New York, 1977.

"Christopher Bunting", M. B. Stanfield, The Strad, April, 1960, 1960.

"Toscha Seidel Buys Celebrated Violin", The New York Times, April 27, 1924.

Sale Book, 1870-1936, The Jacques Francais Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.