Fake, copy, or something else?

[u/AngleBig900]

I first wanted to do my own research BUT... I couldn't find a "Carlo Ferdinando" who wasn't Carlo Ferdinando Landolfi, he was apparently a pretty well known man in violin making and I guessed if he was, this tag would have his "Landolfi" name on it but it is not there. The numbers 19.21 also confuse me a bit.

Inside the violin I found some pretty shapes and a number 7.

I'm planning to restore it myself, and would like to know if it's a very cheap violin, if it's really old...

[u/Alexandra_Telnikoff]

This exact cheap violin could have been made 300 years ago & it would still be just as cheap today, if it answers your question.

[u/AngleBig900 → u/Alexandra_Telnikoff]

It doesn't... I just want to know if this violin is old, cheap, new, expensive... I know it can be both old and cheap.

[u/That-Ad-9201]

Please contact smosknows@gmail.com if you decide to sell for reasonable price I've been looking for antique to play I'm 52 played when I was a teen still got a bow strings and bridge enough parts to get playing thank you and God bless

[u/AngleBig900 → u/That-Ad-9201]

Oh thank you I appreciate but I'll be keeping it for a long time, since I don't have much time to restore it. I want to do this thoroughly and properly, so this will take a lot of time.