Bela Szepessy
Auction price history
Highest auction price
£14,900
| Type | Details | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violin | May 2014 | £10,000 | |
| Violin | 35.7 cm [Possibly by] | December 2010 | £3,360 |
| Violin | 36.0 cm London, 1889 n°61 [Probably by] | June 2010 | £3,840 |
| Violin | 35.6 cm London, 1923 n°251 | March 2009 | £2,500 |
| Violin | 35.3 cm London, 1922, after "Guarneri" | October 2008 | £2,750 |
| Violin | 35.6 cm London, 1883 [Attributed to] | June 2008 | £960 |
| Viola | 41.2 cm London, 1889 | March 2008 | £14,900 |
| Violin | London, 1912 #316 | November 2005 | £2,369 |
| Violin | London, 1914 | November 2005 | £5,760 |
| Violin | London, 1911 [Ascribed to] | March 2005 | £1,080 |
| Violin | London, 1916 | July 2004 | £1,195 |
| Violin | London, 1888 #35 | July 2004 | £5,975 |
| Violin | 1888 | March 2002 | £4,800 |
| Violin | 1916 | March 2002 | £2,250 |
| Violin | 1903 | March 2001 | £4,112 |
| Violin | 1888 | March 2000 | £4,370 |
| Violin | 1902 | May 1999 | £4,925 |
| Violin | 1885 | October 1998 | £5,290 |
| Violin | 1890 | September 1998 | £3,220 |
| Violin | 1883 | November 1997 | £1,840 |
| Violin | 1889 | November 1996 | £2,875 |
| Violin | 1889 | June 1996 | £3,680 |
| Violin | 1922 | November 1995 | £3,220 |
| Violin | 1897 | February 1995 | £4,715 |
| Violin | 1919 | December 1994 | £3,450 |
| Violin | 1885 | November 1994 | £5,520 |
| Violin Bow | S/T 58 g. | November 1994 | £460 |
| Violin | 1895 | June 1994 | £6,325 |
| Violin Bow | S/T 58 g. | June 1994 | £690 |
| Violin | 1903 | October 1993 | £5,520 |
| Violin | 1886 | April 1993 | £3,450 |
| Violin | 19-- | November 1992 | £4,400 |
| Violin Bow | S/T 58 g. | November 1991 | £990 |
| Violin Bow | S/T | November 1987 | £880 |
Biographies
John Dilworth
SZEPESSY, Béla Born 1856 Budapest Hungary, died 1925 Tyrol Apprenticed to A. Engleder and S. Nemessányi 1868-1874. Worked for T. Zach in Vienna 1874-1879. Possibly in Munich 1879-1881 and came to London via Brussels in 1881. Earliest work from 1874 and most productive period spent in London 1882-1916. Retired to the Tyrol 1921 with failing health. Extremely fine craftsmanship on accurately observed classical models. Aged and shaded varnish in appropriate colours and of great depth and richness. Distinctive interior work with dark hardwood linings inserted into both sides of the corner blocks with a shallow point. Violas on large models with high ribs. No cellos presently known. Signed internally. Labels numbered up to 218 in 1916. Szeppessy Béla Sz. B. / London 1885 no.14
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