Otto Seifert
b. 1866
after 1933 Lübben Germany. Pupil of A. Brückner. Worked for R. Heckel in Dresden, Bittner in Vienna, and Rieger in Munich. Established independently in Berlin from 1896 and Lübben from 1927. Early work on traditional Tyrolean models. — John Dilworth
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| Type | Details | Auction house | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violin | Labelled Otto Seifert, Lübben 1. Speewald, 1929, inscribed to the label Gebaut für Herrn Hugo Schöbet ... Lot 121 | Tarisio | October 2022 | £3,923est. € 4.000-6.000 |
| Violin | Illustrated in Berlin Geigenbau; labelled Otto Seifert, Berlin 1906, branded Otto Seifert, Berlin Lot 174 | Tarisio | June 2019 | £5,310est. £ 6,000-9,000 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label and internal brand Lot 299 | Skinners | November 2014 | £6,600est. $ 2,500-4,500 |
| Violin | Labelled Otto Seifert, Lübben s. Spreewald, 1910 and Hendrik Jaan Vermeer, luthier d'art, réparé ... Lot 133 | Tarisio | June 2013 | £4,500est. £ 2,000-3,000 |
| Violin | 35.7 cm 1908 # 52 | — | January 2006 | £1,059 |
| Violin | Berlin, 1910 | — | January 2005 | £1,526 |
| Violin | 1929 | — | January 1996 | £3,220 |
| Violin | 1929 | — | January 1995 | £3,220 |
| Violin | 1913 | — | January 1994 | £4,370 |
| Violin | 1890 | — | January 1991 | £858 |
| Violin | 1908 | — | January 1989 | £902 |
| Violin | 1900 c. | — | January 1981 | £594 |
| Violin | 1923 | — | January 1980 | £1,210 |
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Biographies
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John Dilworth+
SEIFERT, Otto Born 1866 Markneukirchen, d. after 1933 Lübben Germany. Pupil of A. Brückner. Worked for R. Heckel in Dresden, Bittner in Vienna, and Rieger in Munich. Established independently in Berlin from 1896 and Lübben from 1927. Early work on traditional Tyrolean models. Worked with Dr. M. Grossman in Berlin 1897-1927 under the business name ‘Neu-Cremona’ using Grossman’s principles of plate tuning. Gebaut nach Dr. Grossman’s Theorie / mit im Quintverhältniss Abgestimmten Re- / sonanz platten von / Otto Seifert in Berlin, 1899
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+
Im Jahre 1880 trat er bei Albin Bruckner in die Lehre, arbeitete dann als Gehilfe bei Heckel in Dresden und von 1885—86 bei David Bittner in Wien, 1887 bei Rieger in München. Später arbeitete er noch in Frankfurt a.O. und Berlin etc., machte sich Ende 1896 in Berlin selbstständig und betreibt als Specialität den Bau von Streichinstrumenten nach Dr. Grossmann’s Theorie, wobei er insofern mit dem Erfinder zusammen arbeitet, als dieser Seifert’sche Geigen nachprüft und einen dementsprechenden Vermerk in die Geigen einträgt. Seine Geigen zeigen im Äusseren manche Übereinstimmung mit den Werken der alten deutschen Schule.
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