For sale this Collector Item Ch.J.B Collin-Mezin Violin. No visible year inside just the old original label that it came with. It is an old violin so there are visible signs of wear, small crack on bottom, scratches. Beautiful, tigered back. This violin is for a luthier who wants to bring it back to life and re-sale it. It is a no return item.
Charles Jean Baptiste Collin-Mezin (1841–1923) was a French maker of violins, violas, cellos, basses and bows. He was an Officier de l'Académie des Beaux-Arts and won gold and silver medals at the Paris Exhibitions in 1878, 1889, and 1900.
He was the son of luthier C. L. Collin, and father of Charles Collin-Mezin, Jr., also a luthier.