August Rau
1866–1951
Bow maker. One of the best makers of the German school. Worked for W. Knopf and A. R. Weichold in Dresden. Established at Markneukirchen 1890-1939. Elegant head with best pernambuco sticks. — John Dilworth
Instruments
Auction Price History
Highest auction price
80 results
| Type | Details | Auction house | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violin Bow | Silver mounted, octagonal stick stamped *august rau*, frog with pearl eye Lot 2755 | Hargesheim. | March 2026 | £689est. Estimate € 650 |
| Violin Bow | Silver mounted, round stick stamped Aug Rau, ebony frog with pearl eye, silver button Lot 147 | Gardiner | March 2025 | £2,013est. £ 1,200-1,800 |
| Silver mounted, signed, minor stick and head blemishes, otherwise very good condition Lot 546 | — | November 2022 | £2,035est. € 1.000-1.500 | |
| Silver mounted, signed August Rau, silver lapping, handle crack, otherwise good condition Lot 578 | — | June 2022 | £2,390est. € 1.000-1.200 | |
| Silver mounted, ebony frog Lot 190 | — | November 2021 | £1,269est. CHF 200-300 | |
| Violin Bow | A silver-mounted violin bow by August Rau, Markneukirchen Lot 55 | Amati | June 2021 | £569est. £ 200-400 |
| Silver mounted, stick signed, ebony frog, silk lapping, very good condition Lot 52 | — | April 2021 | £886est. € 300-400 | |
| Silver mounted, signed, unhaired and unlapping, frog blemish, minor handle wear, good condition Lot 2080 | — | September 2020 | £882 | |
| Silver mounted, frog and button by C.A. Bazin, minor stick and head blemishes, minor handle wear Lot 839 | — | September 2020 | £1,542 | |
| Violin Bow | Nickel mounted, octagonal stick stamped A. Rau** Lot 232 | Brompton's | June 2020 | £408est. £ 300-400 |
| Violin Bow | A silver-mounted violin bow by August Rau, Germany Lot 16 | Amati | March 2020 | £885est. £ 500-800 |
| Violin Bow | A silver-mounted violin bow by August Rau, Germany Lot 21 | Amati | March 2020 | £1,517est. £ 100-150 |
| Silver mounted, octagonal stick stamped August Rau, ebony frog with pearl eye, silver and ebony button Lot 48 | — | October 2019 | £1,800est. £ 1,000-1,500 | |
| Violin Bow | A silver-mounted violin bow by August Rau, Germany Lot 6 | Amati | June 2019 | £948est. £ 300-500 |
| Silver mounted, octagonal stick stamped Aug. Rau Lot 43 | — | June 2019 | £720est. £ 400-600 | |
| Violin Bow | A silver-mounted violin bow by August Rau, Germany Lot 8 | Amati | March 2019 | £822est. £ 400-500 |
| Violin Bow | A silver-mounted violin bow by August Rau, Germany Lot 168 | Amati | March 2019 | £1,074est. £ 500-1,000 |
| Silver mounted, octagonal stick stamped Aug. Rau Lot 75 | — | November 2018 | £685est. $ 500-800 | |
| Silver mounted, octagonal stick stamped Aug. Rau & Sohn, ebony frog plain, silver button Lot 174 | — | October 2018 | £576est. £ 350-450 | |
| Silver mounted, octagonal stick stamped August Rau, ebony frog with Paris eye, silver button Lot 91 | — | October 2018 | £2,400est. £ 1,000-1,500 | |
| Silver mounted, octagonal stick stamped August Rau Lot 49 | — | May 2018 | £1,770est. $ 800-1,200 | |
| Silver mounted, octagonal stick stamped August Rau Lot 44 | — | March 2017 | £960est. £ 400-600 | |
| Stick good, handle with repairs, frog very good except for minor adjustments to the thumb projection Lot 191 | — | December 2016 | £780est. £ 400-600 | |
| Silver mounted, octagonal stick stamped August Rau, good condition Lot 264 | — | June 2016 | £720est. £ 600-1,000 | |
| Silver mounted, signed Aug. Rau, thin lapping, handle and head blemishes, otherwise good condition Lot 845 | — | June 2016 | £843est. € 1.000 | |
| Silver mounted, octagonal stick stamped Aug. Rau, very good condition Lot 6 | — | December 2015 | £660est. £ 500-800 | |
| Silver mounted, octagonal stick stamped Aug Rau Lot 3 | — | November 2015 | £1,560est. £ 1,500-2,200 | |
| Silver mounted, octagonal stick stamped August Rau Lot 47 | — | November 2015 | £531est. £ 700-1,000 | |
| Silver mounted, octagonal stick stamped Aug. Rau Germany Lot 85 | — | June 2015 | £611est. $ 800-1,200 | |
| Silver mounted, round stick stamped to the audience side August Rau Markneukirchen Lot 140 | — | June 2014 | £530est. $ 1,000-1,500 | |
| Silver mounted, octagonal stick stamped August Rau, ebony frog with pearl eye, silver and ebony button Lot 163 | — | May 2014 | £614est. £ 300-500 | |
| Nickel mounted, octagonal stick stamped August Rau, ebony frog with pearl eye, nickel and ebony button Lot 179 | — | May 2014 | £354est. £ 300-500 | |
| Silver mounted, octagonal stick stamped Aug. Rau and Germany Lot 119 | — | February 2014 | £936est. $ 800-1,200 | |
| Silver mounted, octagonal stick stamped *AUG. RAU* Lot 41 | — | December 2013 | £1,982est. € 2.000-3.000 | |
| From a private German collection, silver mounted, octagonal stick stamped August Rau, ebony frog Lot 142 | — | October 2013 | £1,260est. £ 500-800 | |
| From a private German collection, silver mounted, octagonal stick stamped August Rau, ivory frog Lot 144 | — | October 2013 | £1,800est. £ 500-800 | |
| From a private German collection, silver mounted, octagonal stick stamped AUG. RAU, ebony frog Lot 151 | — | October 2013 | £1,380est. £ 500-800 | |
| Violin Bow | Silver mounted, octagonal stick stamped faintly *Aug Rau*, ebony frog with pearl eye, full hair Lot 212 | Bonhams | January 2012 | £725est. £ 500-600 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 57.0 g. Probably by | — | December 2011 | £696 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 65.0 g. | — | July 2010 | £462 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 61.0 g. | — | July 2010 | £731 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 58 g. (later button) | — | June 2010 | £720 |
| Viola Bow | G/E 57.5 g. | — | April 2010 | £2,465 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 50 g. without hair | — | April 2010 | £691 |
| Cello Bow | S/E 79.0 g. | — | October 2009 | £1,200 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 60 g. | — | October 2009 | £667 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 56 g. | — | March 2009 | £358 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 54 g. Markneukirchen, 1935 c. | — | November 2008 | £698 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 65 g. Markneukirchen, 1950 c. | — | November 2008 | £1,197 |
| Violin Bow | S/T 62 g. Markneukirchen, 1950 c. | — | November 2008 | £798 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 57 g. Markneukirchen, 1950 c. | — | November 2008 | £898 |
| Violin Bow | S/I 66 g. 1950 c. | — | November 2008 | £998 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 54 g. Germany, 1900 c. no hair or wrapping | — | November 2008 | £741 |
| Violin Bow | G/T 58.0 g. (pin crack behind head) | — | October 2007 | £742 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 55 g. (with baleen wrap) | — | May 2007 | £1,120 |
| Violin Bow | G/T 60.0 g. 1900 c. | — | November 2006 | £1,654 |
| Violin Bow | G/E 60.9 g. Germany, 1925 c. Stamped "F.N. Voirin" Attributed to | — | October 2006 | £1,035 |
| Violin Bow | S/I 64 g. | — | November 2005 | £553 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 59 g. | — | May 2005 | £1,310 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 60 g. | — | May 2005 | £936 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 58 g. | — | May 2005 | £484 |
| Violin Bow | N/E | — | May 2005 | £404 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 56.5 g. with tinsel lapping | — | May 2005 | £733 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 64 g. (later adjustor) | — | April 2005 | £376 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 58.3 g. | — | July 2004 | £597 |
| Violin Bow | N/E 58 g. | — | November 2001 | £500 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 56 g. | — | May 2001 | £986 |
| Violin Bow | G/T 52 g. | — | May 2000 | £1,450 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 63 g. | — | November 1999 | £600 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 63 g. | — | November 1999 | £500 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 56 g. | — | June 1999 | £218 |
| Violin Bow | G/E 57 g. | — | March 1999 | £1,035 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 51 g. | — | March 1999 | £230 |
| Violin Bow | G/E 54 g. | — | March 1998 | £575 |
| Cello Bow | S/E 77 g. | — | November 1992 | £791 |
| Viola Bow | S/E 68 g. | — | June 1991 | £711 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 59 g. | — | March 1990 | £198 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 57 g. | — | March 1990 | £660 |
| Cello Bow | N/E 76 g. | — | March 1989 | £418 |
| Cello Bow | S/E 76 g. | — | September 1988 | £330 |
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Biographies
The overview above is drawn from the following published accounts. Read them in the original:
John Dilworth+
RAU, August Born 1866 Siebenbrunn, Markneukirchen, died 1951 Markneukirchen Germany. Bow maker. One of the best makers of the German school. Worked for W. Knopf and A. R. Weichold in Dresden. Established at Markneukirchen 1890-1939. Elegant head with best pernambuco sticks.
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+
Er lernte von 1880—1884 das Bogenmachen und setzte seine Studien noch als Gehilfe fleissig fort, so dass er bei Wilhelm Knopf in Dresden Aufnahme fand, wo er sich zu einem vollkommenen Künstler in seinem Fache ausbilden konnte. Im Jahre 1890 eröffnete Rau in Markneukirchen seine eigene Werkstatt. Da er zur Herstellung seiner Bögen nur das allerbeste Material verwendet, eine seltene Handfertigkeit besitzt und ein genauer Kenner der Tourte’schen Schule ist, verstand er es bald, sich in Musikerkreisen einen grossen Ruf zu verschaffen, und darf heute als der weitaus tüchtigste Bogenmacher Markneukirchens betrachtet werden. Auch seine Violoncellobogen sind sehr gelobt worden. Seine Bögen kommen jetzt den besten französischen gleich.
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