Wow - their pictures just confirm what a wonderful instrument that is. My guess is Lott senior. What annoys me is that the auction house just didn't bother to do their homework. To describe it as late 19th century German displays an unbelievable incompetence. Ok for the buyer, but what about the poor seller? Why didn't they just ask someone who knew what he was talking about as their "specialist" clearly doesn't! That bass, with a little work, will easily fetch three times the hammer price. A Fendt attribution, in similar condition, went at Brompton's a couple of years ago for a hammer price of £42000. I believe, but I'm not certain on this, that that one went to Tony as well.
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