About Beares Auctions
Beares Auctions, founded in 2014 is a bespoke online auction service providing fine instruments and bows, backed by our renowned expertise and reputation.
Beares Auctions Description
Beares Auctions will offer players and investors from around the
world the opportunity to bid on a limited number of carefully
selected fine instruments and bows. The new service will provide
an innovative web platform, including iOS compatibility for mobile
bidding and a number of features previously unseen in the violin
auction industry such as ‚ÄėBuy Now‚Äô (the option to buy immediately
at a fixed price). These new features will sit alongside the traditional
expertise and after-sales support that has been provided by J & A
Beare for generations.
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MAKE AN OFFER PERIOD NOW OPEN!
Reasonable offers are now being accepted on a limited number of instruments and bows in our catalogue. Visit auction.bearesauctions.com to find out more.
This period ends on 12 July 2016 - 14:00 BST
... https://auction.bearesauctions.com/
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Join us at our public viewing today at 30 Queen Anne Street, W1G 8HX to view and try out the range of fine instruments and bows in our current catalogue. Current auction items include violins by Guiseppe Pedrazzini, Andrea Cortese, Bartolomeo Calvarola and bows by Dominique Peccatte and W.E. Hill & Sons. Bidding ends tomorrow from 14:00 BST!
BIDDING ENDS SOON!
Accompanied by a certificate from Bernard Millant and dated c.1840, this fine violin bow by the great French master Dominique Peccatte is not only a fantastic playing bow but a superb investment. Est.: $100,000 - $150,000. http://auction.bearesauctions.com/auction /view/30
View & try the fine instruments and bows in our current catalogue on 27-28 June!
The brilliant Henning Kraggerud trying out the Cortese violin (Lot 24) and Hill violin bow (Lot 19) in our current auction. Bidding has already started for both of these lots, ending on 28 June 2016. Visit our catalogue at auction.bearesauctions.com to find out more!
LOT 24: Violin by Andrea Cortese, Genova, 1926. Bidding ends 28 June, 15.15pm.
LOT 19: Violin bow by W.E. Hill & Sons, c.1932. Bidding ends 28 June, 14:00pm.
BUY NOW ENDS TODAY AT 14:00 BST for the following lots. Visit our current catalogue at www.auction.bearesauctions.com to find out more...
This fine violin bow by the great French master Dominique Peccatte will be available to buy through bidding from 14 June 2016. It is accompanied by a certificate from Bernard Millant and is dated c.1840. Est.: $100,000-$150,000. http://auction.bearesauctions.com/auction /view/30
There is just one day left to bid on Lot 18: Violin by Annibale Fagnola, Turin, 1922 (Est.: £100,000-£150,000). http://auction.bearesauctions.com/auction /view/24
- Original signature, inside, on the upper left rib - J & A Beare Certificate included - Label: Hannibal Fagnola Fecit Taurini Anno Domini 1922... - 2nd Label: Joannes Franciscus Pressenda Raphael Fecit Taurini Anno Domini 1831
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Because Beares Auctions are perpetual, there are no consignment deadlines ‚Äď you can send details of instruments or bows you would like to consign at any time for immediate inclusion in auction. We are also pleased to offer 0% commission for sellers, as well as support from the J & A Beare workshop who, subject to availability, are on hand to adjust and prepare your instrument or bow to the best possible standard.
To find out more about selling with Beares Auctions, visit https://www.bearesauctions.com/selling/ or contact us on 020 7307 9653 / auctions@beares.com.
Tune in from around 54 minutes to hear London Symphony Orchestra's Tim Hugh with our Managing Director Simon Morris playing some Bach and Kummer on cellos by Antonio Stradivari and Andrea Guarneri. Bidding for the Guarneri cello (Lot 14) ends on 27 April 2016 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b075ppbk< br>
Managing Director Simon Morris and cellist Tim Hugh from the London Symphony Orchestra pictured here getting ready to head to the BBC for their spot on BBC Radio 3 In Tune this afternoon! They will be live on air from 5.15pm, talking about the Guarneri cello in the auction and comparing it with a Stradivari cello from J & A Beare http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b075ppbk< br>
Don't forget to tune into BBC Radio 3 In Tune tomorrow from 5pm to hear cellist Tim Hugh from the London Symphony Orchestra perform on the Andrea Guarneri cello (c.1695) on sale in our auction. He will be live on air with our Managing Director Simon Morris who will be talking about the instrument, and comparing it with a Stradivari cello from J & A Beare http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b075ppbk< br>
Explore the musical past behind Lot 14 (cello by Andrea Guarneri, c.1695) in our recent blog feature, where our Managing Director Simon Morris discusses the instrument's past ownership with cellist Ludwig Hoelscher and the need for musician sponsorship https://www.bearesauctions.com/…/m402ju iey7m9p05ly04vn40805…
Buying an instrument at auction can be a nerve-racking process. In this short article our Managing Director, Simon Morris, gives some tips on the kinds of things to look out for at a viewing - from cracks and repairs to pegs and stop length.
First published in The Strad, April 2016. https://www.bearesauctions.com/…/buying -your-first-instrume…
On the blog: J & A Beare bow expert Derek Wilson discusses the 'Dressel Tubbs' (Lot 6 in our current catalogue) and its distinctive feature common to many bows made for August Wilhelmj and his pupils: having the nose of the frog slanting down.
Not simply a result of wear and heavy use, this is a wholly intentional design feature by Tubbs, seen on the world record auction price breaking bow that James Tubbs (1834-1921) presented to Wilhelmj in 1885, and on this Dressel Tubbs.
Lot 6: Violin bow by James Tubbs, c.1894. Bidding ends 30 March, 2.40pm. https://www.bearesauctions.com/…/6byi3a 0ntmv9yql6is6hb9nkdg…
There are several ways to buy from Beares Auctions, including through our brand new 'Make An Offer' phase. Lots that are unsold at the end of bidding will be available for our buyers to make a reasonable offer (excluding commissions and VAT).
Once a reasonable offer is received, we will consider the offer, liaise with the seller and revert to the potential buyer with an answer as to whether the offer is accepted, declined or with a counteroffer.
We are currently accepting offers on three bows: Lot 1 (Joseph Alfred Lamy), Lot 3 (Jean Joseph Martin), and Lot 4 (Charles Peccatte). Visit auction.bearesauctions.com to find out more...
We would like to welcome all of our Facebook followers to our very first open viewing day tomorrow at 30 Queen Anne Street (London, W1G 8HX) where all of the fine instruments and bows coming up for sale will be available to view and try. No appointment necessary. Please drop in! 15 March 2016, 10am - 5pm
https://www.bearesauctions.com/…/5cw7la hm4a6kxnr7rlooatcwz3…
Alongside our new 'Moto Perpetuo' platform, we recently devised an innovative ratings system where instruments are judged by J & A Beare's experts and consultants according to specified criteria, as well as an auction and retail price guide. Find out more at https://www.bearesauctions.com/rating-sys tem/
This week our Managing Director Simon Morris talked to the International Arts Manager about our new 'Moto Perpetuo' platform and the changing role of the instrument dealer in the 21st century... http://www.internationalartsmanager.com/‚ Ķ/a-new-deal-for-in‚Ķ
A word of press from the Violin Channel!
http://www.theviolinchannel.com/beares-lo ndon-auctions-new…/