Event Details

Date:
On Demand

Location:
On Demand Webinar
New York, NY 10003

Price:
On Demand (Recording) $20.00 Members
$25.00 Non-Member
Free CASP Student or Associate Candidate

In Person (NYC) $20.00 Members
$25.00 Non-Member
Free CASP Student or Associate Candidate

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Join Kerry Keane, Fine Musical Instrument Consultant, for a lecture on appraising Vintage Guitars. The following will be addressed; types and categories of vintage guitars, the different determinants of value, identification and dating works, and sourcing market data.

This is a recording of a lecture previously held at the National Arts Club on December 5, 2022.
Please note that all recordings expire 30 days after receipt. 

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1.5 CE credits

A talented guitarist with a strong love for American fretted instruments; Kerry Keane has been influential in establishing and growing Christie's presence in the international auction market of fine musical instruments since 1999. Mr. Keane has sold "The Hammer" violin by Antonio Stradivari, setting the world auction record for a Stradivari sold for $3,544,000 in April 2006. He established the auction market for fine vintage guitars with his sale of the Eric Clapton collection in 2004 followed by the Richard Gere collection sold in 2010. In 2019 Keane was the Consultant and auction Specialist Head responsible for the sale of the David Gilmour Collection. Comprising 126 guitars and realizing a total of $21,490,750 it remains the record price for any single musical instrument auction. 

An expert builder and restorer of string instruments and in the musical instrument trade for more than 40 years, Mr. Keane learned his craft with master guitar builder Augustino Lo Prinzi. He studied at the Violin Making School of America in Salt Lake City, is a member of the Violin Society of America, and has been a frequent guest appraiser of musical instruments on the highly popular Public Television program The Antiques Roadshow since 1995.

Since 2013 Kerry Keane has been lending his expertise to private and institutional clients in the sales, acquisitions, and collections management of fine musical instruments. 

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$20   Members
$25   General Admission

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