Carpenter Fine Violins & Collectibles, LLC is the leading company worldwide specializing in rare instruments and artwork.
Founded in 2010 by the Carpenter siblings Sean, Lauren, and David, the firm has transacted over $150 million of violins, violas, and cellos made by Antonio Stradivari, Giuseppe Guarneri Del Gesu, Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Lorenzo Storioni, and other Italian master makers, along with modern art by Pablo Picasso and postwar art by Robert Motherwell, Cy Twombly, Willem de Kooning, Jean Dubuffet, Yayoi Kusama, and other prominent contemporary artists such as Stanley Casselman.
Since inception, the Company's instruments have been featured in two major exhibitions in the Metropolitan Museum, as well as the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England.Sean, a 2003 graduate of Princeton University Cum Laude and 2004 graduate of the University of Cambridge, developed a fascination with fine instruments from an early age.
As both the Director and Co-Founder of the Salome Chamber Orchestra and a collector of rare violins, Sean utilizes his expertise honed over the course of two decades in evaluating new consignments, acquisitions, and sales.
Founded in 2010 by the Carpenter siblings Sean, Lauren, and David, the firm has transacted over $150 million of violins, violas, and cellos made by Antonio Stradivari, Giuseppe Guarneri Del Gesu, Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Lorenzo Storioni, and other Italian master makers, along with modern art by Pablo Picasso and postwar art by Robert Motherwell, Cy Twombly, Willem de Kooning, Jean Dubuffet, Yayoi Kusama, and other prominent contemporary artists such as Stanley Casselman.
Since inception, the Company's instruments have been featured in two major exhibitions in the Metropolitan Museum, as well as the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England.Sean, a 2003 graduate of Princeton University Cum Laude and 2004 graduate of the University of Cambridge, developed a fascination with fine instruments from an early age.
As both the Director and Co-Founder of the Salome Chamber Orchestra and a collector of rare violins, Sean utilizes his expertise honed over the course of two decades in evaluating new consignments, acquisitions, and sales.
Services
Carpenter Fine Violins & Collectibles has proprietary relationships with owners of major collections of art and rare stringed instruments.
The firm has helped clients create numerous collections of instruments and art that have had realized returns and solid IRRs.
We sell works that have limited downside risk and immediate upside potential for our clients & have universal appeal and desirability by a broad segment of collectors in the U.S. and abroad.
The firm has helped clients create numerous collections of instruments and art that have had realized returns and solid IRRs.
We sell works that have limited downside risk and immediate upside potential for our clients & have universal appeal and desirability by a broad segment of collectors in the U.S. and abroad.
Carpenter Fine Violins & Collectibles advise our clients on the opportune time to buy or sell a work of art or a rare stringed instrument.
Carpenter Fine Violins helps to broker artwork and instruments valued from approximately $50,000 to works above $1 million for fine examples by Stradivari, Guarneri "Del Gesu", and Guadagnini, as well as artwork by masters such as De Kooning, Cy Twombly, and Jean Dubuffet.
The firm charges the lowest commissions in the business, and consignors are not charged additional fees for any given transaction.
Carpenter Fine Violins helps to broker artwork and instruments valued from approximately $50,000 to works above $1 million for fine examples by Stradivari, Guarneri "Del Gesu", and Guadagnini, as well as artwork by masters such as De Kooning, Cy Twombly, and Jean Dubuffet.
The firm charges the lowest commissions in the business, and consignors are not charged additional fees for any given transaction.
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