Appraisal: 1923 Ernst Heinrich Roth Violin
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Appraisal: 1923 Enst Heinrich Roth Violin
See Peter Shaw's appraisal of a 1923 Ernst Heinrich Roth violin in Red Butte Garden & Arboretum, Hour 3.
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Appraisal: 1923 Ernst Heinrich Roth Violin
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See Peter Shaw's appraisal of a 1923 Ernst Heinrich Roth violin in Red Butte Garden & Arboretum, Hour 3.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipGUEST: This is my mother-in-law's violin.
In 1923, it was made.
It was a-a Roth violin, and they, um, said it had belonged to a college student in Fresno.
And he played in the orchestra, and I guess he decided he don't want it any longer.
My mother-in-law was eight years old, in 1945 is when they went to pick up the violin.
Her mother paid $350 for the violin and the bow.
She had played it a little bit here and there in junior high and high school.
So it has been in storage for... gosh, we'll say 65, 70 years.
APPRAISER: It’s a beautiful violin.
It's a German violin made by Ernst Heinrich Roth.
And this is an early instrument.
This is from 1923.
He made instruments in different models.
Stradivarius, Amati, Guarneri-- three models he-he used frequently.
This is a Stradivarius model.
On the inside of the violin there's a label.
It says it's Ernst Heinrich Roth.
It was made in Markneukirchen, Germany.
It also gives that it's a Stradivarius model.
It says, "a reproduction of Antonius Stradivarius from 1725."
This one is really a beautiful instrument.
And... from 1923, this almost looks like it's brand-new.
GUEST: I know.
APPRAISER: It looks like it hasn't hardly ever been played.
The top is made out of spruce.
The back and the ribs... GUEST: Uh-huh.
APPRAISER: and-and the neck and scroll are all maple.
In the violin world, we call it flamed maple.
GUEST: I love the back, it is gorgeous... APPRAISER: This is what we call a one-piece back.
That's just beautiful.
Probably the most desirable ones today are the Guarneri models.
We don't find as many of those, but it's wonderful to see an example like this, of this quality.
A violin like this, in this condition, today would have a retail value of $14,000.
GUEST: Wow.
(laughs) Ooh!
Wow.
(chuckling): I had no idea.
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