Description:
German Violin, Attributed to David Christian Havemann, Klingenthal, labeled DAVID CHRISTIAN HAVEMANN, KLINGENTHAL, 1789, length of back 352 mm.
Certificate: The Violin House of Weaver, Washington, D.C., May 31, 1972.
Estimate $800-1,200
not set up, repaired wing fractures on both sides, numerous face cracks and fissures, back button repair, purfling starting to pop on back at lower bout, neck graft, peg bushings, repaired top sound post crack.
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