1. Playable Art: Inside the Secret World of MI Auctions Aaron Blunt Music Products Seminar

2. MI Auctions Kerry Keane with Eric Clapton Clapton is putting up his A-Team of Fender Strats for auction. The auction earned $5,072,350. Pop-related market is growing. These pieces are meeting the earning record of violins at auctions.

3. Value Some instruments have a famous history: Joshua Bell’s Stradivarius Violin BronislawHuberman (1882– 1947) Julian Altman 1936; 2001 $4 million Items given by the families of the original owners “Live” auction bidders can be in-room, via telephone or Christie Live.

4. Auction Houses: Skinner, Christie’s and Sotheby’s Christie’s Founded in 1766 2008 $5.1 billion MI Department Head, Kerry Keane Country Music Sale December 3, 2009. Roy Rogers, Hank Williams, Buddy Holly, Johnny and June Carter Cash etc

5. Christie’s Five Fundamentals for Auction Worth Attribution: Who made it? Quality Condition Freshness: Hasn’t been brought to auction for years or yet to be discovered Provenance: Passion around the sale; Eric Clapton

6. Christie’s Who’s Buying Private Collectors Professional Musicians

7. Skinner Representative, Bonsey 75% Business with the violin family 20% Guitars and other fretted instruments 5% Winds

8. Skinner Market Building Lloyd Loar F5 Mandolins 40k to 200k Growth 59 Les Paul Avg260k

9. Skinner Economic Nature Confidence in growth Violins market remains steady Guitar market has spiked and leveled Solid-body electrics popular Appreciation Rarity “Fine Tangibles”

10. Sotheby’s Founded in 1744 Representative, Tim Ingles Cellist and Head of Musical Instruments 10 years Primarily Violin Market 1980s Japan Current Chinese Market 10 million violinists Limited: Premium Italian Violins Loaning to professional players Beyond Strings Flemish and English Pianos and Harpsichords; 1820 Archived

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