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London
8 November 1995

All figures are in Pounds Sterling (GBP)
Sales results may be incomplete and do not include Buyer’s Premium
Omitted lot numbers indicate items that were withdrawn, passed, or unsold as of data date

LOT	KEYBOARD INSTRUMENT DESCRIPTION	ESTIMATE	RESULT
73	Andreas Ruckers: Two-manual harpsichord, Antwerp 1623	80–100K	89500
74	Thomas Hitchcock the Younger: Spinet, London c1725	12–15K	-
75	Ottavino in 17th century style	2–3K	?
76	Longman & Broderip: Square Piano, London c1780	1.5–2.5K	?
77	Bland & Weller: Square Piano, London c1810	600–800	?
78	Challen & Hollis: Upright Piano, London c1840	700–1K	?
79	Arnold Dolmetsch: Unfretted Clavichord, Paris 1912	1.5–2K	?
80	Collard & Collard: Upright Piano, London mid-19th century	1.5–2.5K	?
81	John Broadwood & Sons: Grand Pianoforte, London c1850	3–4K	?
82	Astor & Horwood: Square Piano, London c1815	600–800	?
83	Longman & Broderip: Square Piano, London c1790	1.5–2.5K	?
84	John Broadwood & Sons: Grand Pianoforte, London mid-19th century	2.5–3.5K	?
85	Possibly Johann Christoph Fleischer and another later maker: Grand Pianoforte converted from a single-manual Harpsichord, partly German, early and late 18th century	4–6K	5750
86	Thomas Hitchcock the Younger: Spinet, London first quarter of the 18th century	10–15K	10350
189	Longman & Broderip: Square Piano, London late 18th century	1–1.5K	?
190	John Broadwood & Sons: Grand Pianoforte, London c1880	2.5–3.5K	?
191	William Rolfe & Sons: Square Piano, London c1825	1–1.5K	?
192	John Broadwood & Son: Square Piano, London 1804	600–800	?
193	James Grange Hancock: Chamber Organ, London c1790	10–15K	10350
194	John Broadwood & Son: Grand Pianoforte, London 1801	4–6K	?
195	John Broadwood & Son: Square Piano, London 1807	700–1K	?
210	Single Manual Harpsichord, Spanish, early 18th century	20–30K	?
211	Karl Schehl: Giraffenflügel, Graz c1830	7–10K	?

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