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Lot Essay
Certificate: The Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., New York, September 30, 1939, with photographs attached. Appraisal: Cremona Violin Shop, Los Angeles, June 3, 1985. (copy)
Dendrochronology: John Topham, Redhill, UK, June 7, 2012. The tree-ring analysis report dates the youngest growth rings on the bass side of the top to the year 1844 and treble side to 1867.
Originally from Wichita, Kansas Jeanne Louise Bayless moved with her family to Los Angeles in 1926, the same year she began playing the cello. Through her teenage years, she studied under the tutelage of Alexander "Sascha" Borisoff. At age 18 she travelled around the country as part of the Leopold Stokowski All-American Youth Orchestra. Ms. Bayless purchased her primary cello, ascribed to Joseph Rocca, in 1939 from Wurlitzer Company in New York. During WWII Ms. Bayless worked at the Hollywood Canteen and in various studio orchestras contributing to the soundtrack of many successful movies including A Guy Could Change (1976), Music for Millions (1944), Sunset Boulevard (1950) and A Place in the Sun (1951). Ms. Bayless retired from the professional music world in 1953. She enrolled with the University of California, Los Angeles where she achieved a degree in Chemistry (Phi Beta Kappa) and worked in teaching and microbiology. During this time she continued to play in local string quartets and the occasion larger ground such as the Los Angeles Mandolin Orchestra.
Dendrochronology: John Topham, Redhill, UK, June 7, 2012. The tree-ring analysis report dates the youngest growth rings on the bass side of the top to the year 1844 and treble side to 1867.
Originally from Wichita, Kansas Jeanne Louise Bayless moved with her family to Los Angeles in 1926, the same year she began playing the cello. Through her teenage years, she studied under the tutelage of Alexander "Sascha" Borisoff. At age 18 she travelled around the country as part of the Leopold Stokowski All-American Youth Orchestra. Ms. Bayless purchased her primary cello, ascribed to Joseph Rocca, in 1939 from Wurlitzer Company in New York. During WWII Ms. Bayless worked at the Hollywood Canteen and in various studio orchestras contributing to the soundtrack of many successful movies including A Guy Could Change (1976), Music for Millions (1944), Sunset Boulevard (1950) and A Place in the Sun (1951). Ms. Bayless retired from the professional music world in 1953. She enrolled with the University of California, Los Angeles where she achieved a degree in Chemistry (Phi Beta Kappa) and worked in teaching and microbiology. During this time she continued to play in local string quartets and the occasion larger ground such as the Los Angeles Mandolin Orchestra.