Charles Beare

Charles Beare (born 1937) is a British violin expert, craftsman and dealer. In 2001, the New York Times described Beare as "the most esteemed authenticator in the world."[1] In 2002, CNN characterized him as the "world's most respected violin dealer" and "king of all violin dealers."[2] Fourth of five generations of a family of violin experts, he was the Director of the London-based J & A Beare, before resigning in 2012.

Career

The step-son of William Beare,[3] Beare was born in 1937.[4] He attended National Service before he began studying violin making in 1958.[4] Beare studied first in Germany at the Mittenwald School before traveling to the United States at the invitation of Rembert Wurlitzer, training under Simone Fernando Sacconi. In 1961, he returned to the United Kingdom, where his family had been in the trade for three generations before him.[5] As the head of the family's business, J & A Beare, he became an authority on authenticating and identifying violins as well as being one of the only tradesman entrusted to repair and maintain instruments by such artists as Yehudi Menuhin, Isaac Stern, and Nathan Milstein.[5][6]

Family

Beare's eldest son, Peter, is the fifth generation in the Beare family to take up the trade.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Shoenbaum, David (11 February 2001). "MUSIC; Nearing Endgame in the Violin Trade?". New York Times. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
  2. ↑ Gertner, Jon (1 June 2002). "This Violin is Worth $3.5 Million Why? Why do we see some things as precious and others as worthless? A journey through the secret world of fine violins in search of the meaning of value". CNN Money Magazine. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
  3. ↑ Steinhardt, Arnold (17 September 2008). Violin Dreams. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 164. ISBN 978-0-547-08600-2.
  4. 1 2 "Charles Beare OBE - Director". J & A Beare. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
  5. 1 2 "One Stradivarius After Another for Violin Doctor". Telegraph. 11 February 1978. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
  6. ↑ "Stradivarius, worth $800,000, recovered 50 years after theft". Lodi News-Sentinel. UPI. 14 May 1987. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
  7. ↑ "Peter Beare - Director". J & A Beare. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
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