Sweet music makes £120,000
Bath auctioneers Gardiner Houlgate (20% buyer’s premium) set a new house record on March 12 with the sale of a guitar by the celebrated French luthier Jean-Baptiste Voboam (1658-after 1731) for £120,000.
Until recently this 3ft 1in (94cm) instrument, listed by Florence Gétreau in her inventory of known …