Paul Francois Blanchard
Auction price history
Highest auction price
£15,395
| Type | Details | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violin | Labelled Fait par Paul Blanchard à Lyon en 1901 n°. 546, signed internally on the table and back | March 2025 | £9,600 |
| Violin | Labelled Fait par Paul Blanchard à Lyon en 1912 N° 863, branded P. Blanchard à Lyon internally | March 2025 | £9,600 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label n. 437 and signature, many restorations including table sound post crack | December 2024 | £4,970 |
| Violin | Labelled Fait par Paul Blanchard à Lyon en 1886 No. 133 P. B., branded P. Blanchard a Lyon | November 2024 | £9,269 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label n. 417 and signatures to the table and back, minor back restoration, minor worm | June 2024 | £9,573 |
| Violin | Labelled Fait par Paul Blanchard, à Lyon en 1890 n° 226, inscribed Fait à Lyon, Paul Blanchard, 1890 | May 2024 | £11,350 |
| Violin | Labelled Fait par Paul Blanchard à Lyon en 1904, n°609, branded to the inside and to the lower rib PB | May 2024 | £6,444 |
| Violin | Stradivari model, bearing the maker's label and brand, two-piece back, in very good and playing condition | December 2023 | £7,448 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label n. 265 and signature, fingerboard missing, ribs blemishes, back restoration | November 2023 | £6,487 |
| Violin | Labelled Fait par Paul Blanchard à Lyon en 1898 No. 469, branded to the block P. Blanchard à Lyon | November 2023 | £11,423 |
| Violin | Labelled Fait par Paul Blanchard, a Lyon en 1910 no. 769, branded to the block P. Blanchard a Lyon | October 2023 | £9,413 |
| Violin | 35.7 cm Lyon, 1893 n°311 | December 2011 | £13,210 |
| Violin | 35.6 cm Lyon, 1905 n°638 | December 2011 | £6,341 |
| Violin | 35.8 cm Lyon, 1918 [Workshop of] | October 2011 | £1,778 |
| Violin | 35.7 cm Lyon, 1897 n°416 | June 2011 | £7,715 |
| Violin | 35.7 cm Lyon, 1912 n°831 | June 2011 | £8,266 |
| Violin | 35.6 cm Lyon, 1912 | May 2011 | £9,468 |
| Violin | 35.5 cm Lyon, 1897 n°423 | December 2010 | £4,660 |
| Violin | 35.7 cm Lyon, 1904 n°607 | December 2010 | £7,249 |
| Viola | 40.0 cm Lyon, 1895 n°378 | October 2010 | £7,800 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 58.0 g. [Made for] | July 2010 | £1,615 |
| Violin | 36.1 cm [Workshop of] | June 2010 | £2,160 |
| Violin | 35.8 cm Lyon, 1891 n°251 | June 2010 | £5,696 |
| Violin | 36.0 cm Lyon, 1899 [Workshop of] | June 2010 | £3,107 |
| Violin | 35.9 cm Lyon, 1899 [Workshop of] | April 2010 | £1,995 |
| Violin | 57.5 cm Lyon, 1896 n°402 | October 2009 | £6,303 |
| Violin | 35.7 cm Lyon, 1910 c. | October 2009 | £10,381 |
| Violin | 35.6 cm Lyon, 1889 | June 2009 | £3,319 |
| Violin | 35.7 cm Lyon, 1910 c. | May 2009 | £4,270 |
| Violin | 35.7 cm Lyon, 1894 "1894 Universal Expostion" | December 2008 | £10,443 |
| Violin | 35.7 cm Lyon, 1911 | October 2008 | £8,750 |
| Violin | 35.6 cm Lyon, 1886 #122 | June 2008 | £4,642 |
| Violin | 35.9 cm Lyon, 1891 [Workshop] | June 2008 | £2,785 |
| Violin | 35.8 cm Lyon, 1907 [Workshop of] | May 2008 | £1,646 |
| Violin | 35.7 cm Lyons, 1912, #830 | December 2007 | £5,531 |
| Violin | 35.7 cm Lyon, 1885 c. [Workshop of] | October 2007 | £1,625 |
| Violin | 35.9 cm Lyons, 1888, #183 | June 2007 | £5,451 |
| Violin | 35.5 cm Lyon, 1912 | March 2007 | £7,105 |
| Violin | 35.7 cm Lyon, 1907 #667 | November 2006 | £5,400 |
| Cello | 76.1 cm Lyon, 1900 | October 2006 | £15,395 |
| Viola | 42.2 cm Cesena, 1983 | October 2006 | £2,925 |
| Viola | 40.7 cm Chicago, 1992 | October 2006 | £2,925 |
| Violin | 35.8 cm Lyon, 1900 | May 2006 | £4,905 |
| Violin | 36.0 cm Lyons, 1887 | May 2006 | £1,075 |
| Violin | 35.6 cm Lyons, 1899 [Workshop of] | May 2006 | £1,202 |
| Violin | Lyons, 1900 #528 | December 2005 | £3,991 |
| Violin | Lyons, 1901 | December 2005 | £5,188 |
| Violin | Lyon, 1893 #314 | November 2005 | £7,106 |
| Violin | Lyon, 1910 #754 | November 2005 | £6,316 |
| Violin | Lyon, 1901 | November 2005 | £6,568 |
| Violin | [Attributed to] | September 2005 | £3,120 |
| Violin | Lyon, 1895 #789 | May 2005 | £6,781 |
| Violin | Lyon, 1895 #381 | May 2005 | £6,458 |
| Violin | Lyon, 1895 #288 | May 2005 | £5,651 |
| Violin | [Attributed to] | May 2005 | £2,442 |
| Violin | 1903 | October 2003 | £2,946 |
| Violin | 1912 c. | October 2003 | £3,944 |
| Violin | 1899 | July 2003 | £2,585 |
| Violin | 1887 | March 2002 | £6,000 |
| Cello | 1895 | December 2001 | £7,092 |
| Violin | 1886 | June 2001 | £5,167 |
| Violin | 1898 | March 2001 | £5,400 |
| Violin | 1907 | December 2000 | £4,894 |
| Violin | 1908 | December 2000 | £4,689 |
| Violin | 1888 | June 2000 | £1,495 |
| Violin | 1912 | November 1999 | £9,775 |
| Violin | 1907 | December 1998 | £4,839 |
| Violin | 1888 | June 1998 | £6,679 |
| Viola | 41.4 cm 1894 | March 1997 | £8,625 |
| Violin | 1912 | June 1996 | £9,200 |
| Violin | 1910 | March 1996 | £7,475 |
| Viola | 1903 | June 1995 | £3,450 |
| Violin | 1911 | March 1994 | £7,820 |
| Violin | 1905 | November 1992 | £7,150 |
| Violin | 1905 | June 1992 | £5,500 |
| Violin | 1886 | March 1991 | £4,620 |
Biographies
John Dilworth
BLANCHARD, Paul François Born 1851 Mirecourt, died 1912 Lyons France. Grandson of François Blanchard, above. Apprenticed to Auguste Darte from 1865. Subsequently worked for Daniel in Marseilles and Silvestre in Lyons. Established own workshop in Lyons in 1870. Awarded medals at several Exhibitions. Appointed luthier to the Lyons Conservatoire, theatres, and orchestra. Highly esteemed and productive maker; employed several assistants. Stradivari and Guarneri models with fine clear golden-red oil varnish. Cheaper quality instruments all of consistently good finish, but with pale gold varnish, made by employees in the workshop. Fait par Paul Blanchard / à Lyon en 1887, No. 137 Fait dans l’At
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