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Image 1 — Anybody Know the Value or Origin of this Maggini copy with bird's-eye maple back labeled "Brescia 1634?"
Image 2 — Anybody Know the Value or Origin of this Maggini copy with bird's-eye maple back labeled "Brescia 1634?"
Image 3 — Anybody Know the Value or Origin of this Maggini copy with bird's-eye maple back labeled "Brescia 1634?"
Image 4 — Anybody Know the Value or Origin of this Maggini copy with bird's-eye maple back labeled "Brescia 1634?"
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Anybody Know the Value or Origin of this Maggini copy with bird's-eye maple back labeled "Brescia 1634?"

Hi everyone! I'd love some help learning an estimated value about this violin that used to belong to my great grandmother.

What I know:

  • It's not an original Maggini, the label reads "Giovan Paolo Maggini, Brescia 1634"
  • It was most likely bought around the Bellas Artes area in Mexico City sometime in the 1950s
  • One-piece bird's-eye maple back, and it looks like it has double purfling
  • It has a really nice sound. A few professional violinists have played it, and while none of them could tell me what it's worth, they all told me to take good care of it.
  • The Pegs, Bridge and Strings have been changed recently.

I'm not planning to sell it since it has a lot of sentimental value for my family, but I'm really curious about where it might have been made (German? Czech? Italian?), roughly when, and what it could be worth.

Thanks in advance!

u/Adventurous-Hawk3813 — 12 days ago