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Sebastian WAGNER

Highest auction price

£805

Auction price history
Type Details Sold Price
Viola 41.9 cm 1775 c. Sun 1st October 2000 £805
Violin 1797 Fri 1st December 1989 £550
Biographies

John Dilworth

WAGNER, Sebastian Worked circa. 1788-1807 Meersburg Germany. Brother of Joseph Wagner, above. Fine work on slightly elongated Stainer model, with rather flat curves into the corners from upper and lower bouts. Narrow edge. Broadly cut soundholes. Head generally of pear wood. Pegbox steeply curved with large open throat and small tightly curled volute and heavy chamfer. Thin golden-yellow varnish. Branded below back button with reverse stamp (letters raised from background): ‘Wagner’. Branded on lower rib: ‘Meersburg’ [Hamma]

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