Please anybody can tell me how much my old violin worth. It's a 1768 Jacob stainer full size violin in shape?

Question

Please anybody can tell me how much my old violin worth. It's a 1768 Jacob stainer full size violin in shape?

Answer 1

For a true valuation you would need to go to a luthier because although you can estimate a price, it is very different to each instument because of tone, quality when made and if indeed it is genuine. Hope this helps

Answer 2

Hard to tell without looking at it.  But if its dated 1768 it can't possibly be a genuine Jacob Stainer, as Jacob Stainer lived between 1617-1683. IOW, its a copy.

According to luthier Steve Perry, copies of Stainer violins were made in vast numbers over many decades from the middle of the 19th Century.  Steve says: "I don't believe I've seen a commercial Stainer copy going for over $2000, and most are much less expensive."