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Franz Georg ROST

Auction price history

Highest auction price

£3,520

Type	Details	Sold	Price
Violin	35.7 cm Dusseldorf, 1896	October 2010	£2,185
Violin	1923	March 1993	£1,100
Violin	1913	June 1990	£1,320
Viola	42.2 cm 1938	June 1990	£3,520
Viola	42.2 cm 1938	September 1989	£1,980
Violin	1953	November 1988	£440
Violin	1930	November 1987	£1,650
Viola	41.9 cm 1937	December 1986	£1,650
Violin	1934	October 1985	£1,265
Violin	1902	May 1985	£989
Violin	1902-3	October 1982	£968

Biographies

John Dilworth

ROST, Franz Georg Born 1869 Jöhstadt Germany, d.c.1960 London UK. Apprenticed to August Voigt in Markneukirchen 1883-1886. Worked for Paulus in Leipzig, Hammig in Dresden, Louis Otto in Düsseldorf, Laumann in Budapest, and Zimmermann in Leipzig. Established own workshop in London 1903-1922, before moving to New York to work for Wurlitzer 1923-1928, living in Astoria, Long Island. Returned to London in 1928, working in Lexington Street. Stradivari and Guarneri models. Fine workmanship. Orange to dark red soft oil varnish of his own making. Manuscript labels: Franz Georg Rost / 13 Amery Row, Brook St. / No. 6. London W. 1904 Franz Georg Rost / 238 Goldhawk Rd. Shepherd’s Bush, London, W. / 1923 Printed labels dated after 1934: Franz Georg Rost / 44 Lexington Street London. W.I. 1943