Matyas (Mathias) THIR
Auction price history
Highest auction price
£4,830
| Type | Details | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violin | 35.9 cm Vienna, 1806 [Possibly by] | September 2011 | £1,440 |
| Violin | 35.7 cm (the head later) [Possibly by] | July 2011 | £1,616 |
| Violin | Vienna, 1806 c. | October 2005 | £1,507 |
| Violin | Vienna, 1773 | June 2005 | £4,830 |
| Violin | Vienna, 1778 | May 2005 | £2,400 |
| Violin | Vienna, 1780 | May 2005 | £1,453 |
| Violin | 1780 c. [Probably by] | May 2005 | £3,358 |
| Violin | Vienna, 1790 c. [Attributed to] | September 2004 | £2,390 |
| Violin | 1775 | June 1998 | £2,990 |
| Violin | 1805 | December 1995 | £723 |
| Violin | 1795 | June 1995 | £1,610 |
| Violin | 1777 | November 1994 | £4,140 |
| Violin | 1792 | November 1992 | £3,520 |
| Violin | 17-- | November 1990 | £990 |
| Violin | 1775 | November 1989 | £3,300 |
| Violin | 1777 | March 1989 | £825 |
| Violin | 1799 | March 1989 | £1,650 |
| Violin | 1776 | July 1987 | £352 |
| Viola | 39.8 cm 1780 | March 1983 | £772 |
| Violin | 17-- | January 1982 | £231 |
Biographies
John Dilworth
THIR, Mátyás (Mathias) Born 1736 Bratislava (Pressburg) Slovakia, died 1806 Vienna Austria Brother of János György Thir, above. Worked briefly in Bratislava and from 1870 in Vienna. Prolific maker with large staff of workmen. Medium- to high-arched Stainer model with dark golden-brown or deep red-brown varnish. Good materials. Usually one-piece backs and fronts. Several viola d’amores recorded. Mathias Thir / in Wien Anno 1772 Mathias Their fecit / Viennae, Anno 1782
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