The collection is named after the man who amassed it, Mario Cesare. At one point there were 65 to 70 antique violins in the collection. By the time it was passed to us there were 53 violins and bows. These were in various states of disrepair so we took them to the best luthiery we could find, Geza Burghardt.

Geza is a very busy man with very demanding customers who are professional musicians. So we had to cut a deal for him to even consider fixing our violins. That deal was that he would fix our violins in the quiet times in the luthiery work year. I think it worked out well for both of us. Especially for us and you the buyers of our violins for sale as the workmanship that has been performed on these violins is the same as for violins 10 and 100 and 500 times the value. Geza values his time and we do as well. That is why these violins are priced at a premium. They are the best repaired and conditioned violins of their kind that you will find anywhere. We consider ourselves blessed that Geza took on our project and stuck with it for three and a half years to completion. Check out the violins for sale in the collection and see which one you would like to buy.

Since we inherited the Mario Cesare Collection we have sold 13 and are left with 33 instruments. You can look at any and all of them by navigating through the menu here on the right side of the page. The quality ranges from the most basic beginner violins to the lower tiers of very nice violins.

Please note that we spent a lot of time and a lot of money to bring these violins back to the best condition that was commercially viable. Most of these violins and particularly the more expensive ones are in as good or are in better playing condition than when they were new. With modern parts and new strings they are so new that when showing them they are a little stiff. Most will need 6 months of playing for them to loosen up to the point that they will give up their full sound potential. I describe it the newest Antique violin collection for sale that you will find anywhere.

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