On Tue, 1 Nov 1994, David Sweetkind wrote:
 
> The two major violin dealers in the world who know everything there
> is to know about Strads are Wurlitzer in New York and Hill in London.
 
Speaking as someone who spent a healthy part of twenty years dealing with
requests for the authentication of old fiddles, I'm afraid that I'd have
to disagree with this advice. There are no firms which a priori possess
the requisite expertise. The experts are all individuals and the only
certificates which mean anything are issued by individuals.
 
Cary Karp <[log in to unmask]>