This was the best/highest model in the G.A. Ficker line, Paganini Guarneri model (even though the label says Stradivari), two piece back of highly flamed maple, ebony heel cap on back button, shaded amber-orange-red varnish, ebony fittings with Parisian eyes, there is a repaired crack going from the lower eye of the treble f-hole to the edge and it appears that it was repaired before the top was graduated or the instrument varnish, really rich vibrant tone that is on the brighter side, G-VGC, with shaped HSC, on consignment - price reduced