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Charles Jean Baptiste Collin

Auction price history

Highest auction price

£22,994

Type	Details	Sold	Price
Violin	35.8 cm 1894 c.	December 2011	£2,400
Violin	35.6 cm Paris, 1885	December 2011	£4,560
Violin	35.9 cm Mirecourt, 1946	December 2011	£1,374
Violin	35.8 cm Mirecourt, 1952	December 2011	£850
Violin	36.0 cm Mirecourt, 1937	December 2011	£1,275
Violin	35.7 cm Paris, 1885	December 2011	£3,288
Violin	36.1 cm Paris, 1900 pour l exposition universelle	December 2011	£4,227
Violin	36.0 cm Paris, 1897	December 2011	£4,439
Cello	75.4 cm Paris, 1889	November 2011	£18,796
Violin	35.8 cm 1906 nÂ°24	October 2011	£2,196
Violin	35.8 cm Paris, 1892	October 2011	£5,250
Violin	35.7 cm	October 2011	£5,520
Violin	35.9 cm Paris, 1928 [Workshop of]	July 2011	£1,616
Violin	36.0 cm Paris, 1900	June 2011	£4,800
Violin	36.1 cm Paris, 1895	June 2011	£3,600
Violin Bow	S/E 56.0 g. without hair [Probably by]	May 2011	£1,457
Violin	35.8 cm 1920, No. 17 (?)	April 2011	£3,767
Violin	36.0 cm [Attributed to]	March 2011	£3,600
Violin	35.8 cm 1929 nÂ°644	March 2011	£1,440
Violin	35.6 cm Paris, 1887 nÂ°2989	March 2011	£7,500
Violin	35.5 cm Paris, 1884	March 2011	£7,500
Violin	35.9 cm Paris, 1906 nÂ°83	March 2011	£667
Violin	36.0 cm Paris, 1894	December 2010	£3,600
Violin	35.8 cm Paris, 1953	October 2010	£1,562
Violin	36.0 cm Paris, 1953	October 2010	£1,265
Violin	36.0 cm Paris, 1888	October 2010	£4,200
Cello	75.7 cm Mirecourt, 1893 [Attributed to]	October 2010	£1,920
Violin	36.0 cm Paris, 1886	October 2010	£4,375
Violin	35.6 cm Paris, 1898	September 2010	£2,160
Violin	35.7 cm Mirecourt, 20th C.	June 2010	£259
Violin	35.8 cm 1902	June 2010	£1,200
Cello	75.5 cm Paris, 1900	June 2010	£14,400
Violin	36.0 cm Paris, 1899	June 2010	£3,360
Violin	35.7 cm	June 2010	£1,320
Violin	35.8 cm Paris, 1930 nÂ°372	June 2010	£1,657
Violin	36.1 cm Paris, 1900-1910 c.	June 2010	£1,553
Violin	35.8 cm Paris, 1890 c. [Workshop of]	April 2010	£2,750
Violin	35.7 cm Paris, 1895	March 2010	£4,000
Violin	36.0 cm Paris, 1887	February 2010	£4,234
Violin	36.0 cm Mirecourt, 1910 c.	December 2009	£1,320
Violin	35.7 cm Mirecourt, 1948	December 2009	£1,251
Violin	35.9 cm Paris, 1921	December 2009	£1,850
Violin	36.1 cm Mirecourt, 1952 nÂ°43	December 2009	£870
Violin	35.7 cm Mirecourt, 1926 nÂ°324	December 2009	£762
Violin	36.4 cm Paris, 1877	December 2009	£2,720
Violin	36.0 cm Paris, 1900	December 2009	£6,311
Violin Bow	S/E 60.5 g. [Made for]	October 2009	£1,038
Violin Bow	S/E 63 g.	October 2009	£900
Violin	35.5 cm Mirecourt, 1898 [Workshop of]	October 2009	£1,582
Violin	35.5 cm Paris, 1884	October 2009	£4,560
Violin	35.7 cm Paris, 1893	October 2009	£3,360
Violin	35.9 cm Paris, 1894 (scroll blemish)	October 2009	£6,600
Cello	75.6 cm Paris, 1888	October 2009	£11,122
Violin Bow	S/E 63 g.	June 2009	£864
Violin	36.0 cm Paris, 1921	June 2009	£2,400
Violin	36.1 cm Paris, 1890	June 2009	£4,320
Violin	36.1 cm Paris, 1885 c.	June 2009	£3,526
Violin	36.0 cm Paris, 1880	June 2009	£4,978
Violin	36.1 cm Paris, 1909 et vendu en 1910	June 2009	£2,385
Violin	35.7 cm Paris, 1884	June 2009	£6,742
Violin	35.6 cm Mirecourt, 1884, after "Del Gesu"	March 2009	£4,560
Violin	35.4 cm Paris, 1900 c.	March 2009	£2,400
Violin	35.8 cm Paris, 1891	March 2009	£4,375
Violin	35.9 cm Paris, 1892	March 2009	£5,250
Violin	35.8 cm Mirecourt, 1926 nÂ°262	March 2009	£2,019
Violin	35.8 cm Mirecourt, 1925 c. nÂ°191	March 2009	£1,094
Violin	35.7 cm Mirecourt, 1931	March 2009	£2,188
Violin	35.8 cm Mirecourt, 1907 nÂ°27	March 2009	£4,207
Cello	Mirecourt, 1920 c.	March 2009	£5,049
Viola	39.2 cm	February 2009	£2,656
Violin	35.8 cm Paris, 1900 c. [Workshop of]	February 2009	£3,064
Violin	36.1 cm Paris, 1906 c. [Workshop of]	February 2009	£2,247
Violin	35.8 cm Paris, 1899	December 2008	£5,119
Viola Bow	S/E 71 g.	November 2008	£2,395
Violin	35.8 cm Mirecourt, 1902	November 2008	£1,796
Violin	35.8 cm Paris, 1889	November 2008	£1,996
Violin	36.1 cm 1952 'Le Victorieux', #74	November 2008	£1,165
Violin	35.9 cm 1883	November 2008	£4,080
Violin	35.8 cm 1893	November 2008	£4,800
Violin	35.9 cm [Made by Alfred Moritz)	October 2008	£1,669
Violin	36.1 cm Paris, 1929	August 2008	£1,730
Violin	36.0 cm [Workshop of]	June 2008	£1,236
Violin Bow	S/E 62.5 g. [Made for]	June 2008	£506
Violin	35.8 cm Paris, 1925	June 2008	£1,619
Violin	35.6 cm Mirecourt, 1888	June 2008	£2,502
Violin	34.7 cm 1906 Small Size	June 2008	£1,800
Violin	36.0 cm 1885	June 2008	£2,400
Violin	36.0 cm Mirecourt, 1898	June 2008	£3,714
Violin	35.9 cm Paris, 1891	June 2008	£5,106
Violin	35.8 cm Paris, 1911 [Made in collaboration with son]	June 2008	£2,785
Violin	35.5 cm Paris, 1910/1920 c. [Made in collaboration with son]	June 2008	£371
Violin	35.7 cm 1934	April 2008	£1,143
Violin	35.9 cm Paris, 1929 "Le Victorieux" model	March 2008	£994
Violin	36.0 cm Paris, 1888	March 2008	£2,500
Violin	35.7 cm Paris, 1887	March 2008	£4,000
Cello	75.6 cm 1887	March 2008	£13,200
Violin	35.9 cm 1894	March 2008	£4,080
Violin	36.0 cm 1899	March 2008	£4,080
Violin	35.6 cm Paris, 1882	March 2008	£3,411
Violin	35.9 cm Paris, 1889	March 2008	£3,999
Violin	35.9 cm Paris, 1934? [Workshop]	March 2008	£1,353
Violin	35.8 cm Mirecourt, 1947	December 2007	£1,021
Violin	35.8 cm Paris, 1919 [collaboration with his father]	December 2007	£2,127
Violin	36.0 cm Mirecourt, 1935	December 2007	£936
Violin	35.9 cm Mirecourt, 1922 Experimental bar	December 2007	£936
Violin	35.9 cm Paris, 1910	December 2007	£3,574
Violin	36.2 cm 1881	November 2007	£3,000
Violin	35.9 cm Paris, 1886	November 2007	£3,960
Violin Bow	S/E 60.5 g. Mirecourt, 1910 c. [Made for]	October 2007	£584
Violin	35.7 cm [Workshop of]	October 2007	£1,856
Violin	36.1 cm Mirecourt, 1907	October 2007	£2,427
Violin	35.9 cm Paris, 1900 c.	October 2007	£5,000
Violin	35.9 cm Paris, 1900	October 2007	£3,125
Violin	35.9 cm Paris, 1890	October 2007	£5,250
Violin	35.6 cm Paris, 1882	October 2007	£3,426
Violin	36.0 cm 1922	September 2007	£2,880
Violin	35.4 cm 1910 c.	September 2007	£1,920
Violin	35.8 cm Paris, 1887	July 2007	£3,840
Violin	35.7 cm Mirecourt, 1946	June 2007	£962
Violin	36.0 cm Mirecourt, 1935 c.	June 2007	£802
Violin	35.6 cm Mirecourt, 1947, #58	June 2007	£1,283
Cello	75.8 cm Paris, 1930 c.	May 2007	£6,934
Cello	75.9 cm Paris, 1913	May 2007	£9,823
Violin	35.6 cm Paris, 1905	November 2006	£1,085
Violin	35.6 cm 1928	October 2006	£1,410
Violin	35.7 cm Paris, 1900 c.	October 2006	£3,158
Violin	35.7 cm Paris, 1895	October 2006	£2,911
Cello	Paris, 1894	July 2006	£10,800
Violin	36.0 cm 1890 c. [Junior]	July 2006	£600
Violin	36.0 cm 1882	June 2006	£4,680
Violin	36.0 cm Paris, 1885-1890 c. [With "Collin Mezin PÃ¨re "]	June 2006	£3,723
Violin	35.9 cm Paris, 1907 (different restorations) [Collaboration PÃ¨re & fils]	June 2006	£809
Violin	36.0 cm Mirecourt, 1935, nÂ°17 [With "Collin Mezin fils"]	June 2006	£1,862
Violin	35.8 cm Paris, 1911 (soundpost crack)	June 2006	£971
Violin	34.9 cm Paris, 1920 c. [Collaboration with son]	June 2006	£2,024
Cello	75.8 cm Paris, 1950 "Le Victorieux" model	May 2006	£4,905
Cello	75.3 cm Paris, 1889	May 2006	£22,994
Violin	35.8 cm Paris, 1896	May 2006	£3,679
Violin	35.8 cm Paris, 1925	May 2006	£1,993
Violin	35.7 cm Paris, 1928	May 2006	£2,453
Violin	36.0 cm Paris, 1888	April 2006	£3,840
Viola	39.6 cm 1889	February 2006	£3,360
Bass	Mirecourt, 1928	December 2005	£3,592
Violin	Paris, 1877 [Made in collaboration with son]	December 2005	£1,996
Violin	1920 c. [Made in collaboration with son]	December 2005	£1,596
Violin	Mirecourt, 1928 #531	November 2005	£883
Violin	Paris, 1899 "Exposition Univers Paris 1900"	November 2005	£4,560
Violin	Paris, 1900 "Exposition Univers Paris 1900"	November 2005	£3,840
Violin	Paris, 1895	November 2005	£2,684
Violin	Paris, 1910	November 2005	£2,211
Cello	Paris, 1900	November 2005	£15,762
Cello	Paris, 1910 c.	October 2005	£3,144
Cello	Paris, 1899	June 2005	£18,594
Violin	Mirecourt, 1932 #212	June 2005	£1,345
Violin	Mirecourt, 1942 #658	June 2005	£1,187
Violin	Mirecourt, 1930 #339	June 2005	£1,029
Violin	Mirecourt, 1937 #18	June 2005	£475
Violin	Mirecourt, 1921	June 2005	£1,771
Violin	Paris, 1900 [Made in collaboration with son]	June 2005	£2,532
Violin	Paris	May 2005	£2,400
Cello	Paris, 1887	May 2005	£16,800
Violin	Paris, 1891	May 2005	£5,400
Violin	Paris, late-19th C.	May 2005	£1,800
Violin	Paris, 1913	May 2005	£969
Violin	Paris, 1926	May 2005	£2,900
Violin	1925	April 2005	£940
Violin		March 2005	£3,360
Violin	Paris, 1926	March 2005	£1,080
Cello	Paris, 1876	November 2004	£13,200
Violin Bow	S/E 52 g. without hair [Possibly by "Louis Morizot"]	October 2004	£1,195
Violin	Paris, 1885	July 2004	£4,200
Violin	Paris, 1897	July 2004	£2,749
Violin	1901	May 2004	£1,315
Violin	1919	May 2004	£1,791
Violin	Paris, 1889	May 2004	£4,504
Violin Bow	S/E 59 g.	March 2004	£2,640
Violin	Paris, 1899	March 2004	£1,075
Violin	Paris, 1890	March 2004	£1,912
Violin	Paris, 1895	March 2004	£1,912
Violin	Paris, 1905	March 2004	£2,160
Violin	#338	March 2004	£1,548
Violin	1905 7/8 Size	December 2003	£2,061
Violin	1896	December 2003	£3,958
Violin Bow	S/E 61 g.	November 2003	£1,800
Violin	34.7 cm 1900	November 2003	£1,920
Cello	1903	November 2003	£10,575
Violin	1896	November 2003	£2,350
Violin	1929	October 2003	£2,205
Violin	1892	July 2003	£3,407
Violin	1896	July 2003	£2,685
Cello	1920 c. [Made in collaboration with son]	June 2003	£9,166
Violin	1900 c.	May 2003	£2,944
Violin	1908	May 2003	£2,644
Violin Bow	S/E 61 g.	March 2003	£1,560
Violin	1925	December 2002	£1,816
Violin	1906	December 2002	£1,740
Violin	1918	December 2002	£1,135
Violin	1912	November 2002	£1,380
Violin	1890	November 2002	£4,182
Violin	1886	November 2002	£4,140
Violin	1926	November 2002	£1,150
Violin	1901	November 2002	£2,600
Violin	1900	November 2002	£1,350
Violin	1895	October 2002	£4,207
Violin	1900 c.	October 2002	£4,168
Cello	1905	June 2002	£13,145
Violin	1882	June 2002	£3,450
Violin	1888	June 2002	£1,150
Violin	1929	June 2002	£1,256
Violin	1886	June 2002	£1,099
Violin	1897	June 2002	£3,774
Violin Bow	S/E 59 g.	March 2002	£1,926
Violin	1883	March 2002	£3,600
Violin	1920	December 2001	£2,175
Violin	1922	December 2001	£1,796
Violin	1922	December 2001	£17
Violin Bow	S/E 65 g.	November 2001	£1,037
Violin	1884	November 2001	£2,386
Violin	1890	November 2001	£3,700
Violin	1929	November 2001	£1,994
Violin	1923	October 2001	£2,270
Violin	1877	June 2001	£4,340
Violin	1908	June 2001	£1,784
Violin	1908	May 2001	£1,950
Violin	1920	May 2001	£1,248
Cello	1888	May 2001	£12,325
Cello Bow	S/E 82 g.	March 2001	£998
Viola	41.0 cm 1895 c.	March 2001	£1,762
Violin	1910	March 2001	£1,997
Violin	1886	March 2001	£1,880
Violin	1910	March 2001	£1,410
Violin	1910	March 2001	£3,105
Violin	1884	March 2001	£1,840
Violin	1910	December 2000	£1,835
Violin	1920	December 2000	£1,019
Violin	1925	December 2000	£1,019
Violin	1944	December 2000	£866
Violin	1890	November 2000	£1,057
Violin	1928	November 2000	£1,560
Violin	1889	November 2000	£3,680
Violin	1884	November 2000	£3,680
Violin	1891	November 2000	£3,335
Violin	1892	November 2000	£2,760
Violin	1923	November 2000	£1,627
Violin	1926	November 2000	£1,239
Violin	1943	November 2000	£930
Violin	1906	November 2000	£1,798
Viola	36.0 cm 1896	September 2000	£1,725
Violin	1904	July 2000	£1,080
Violin	1907	June 2000	£3,220
Violin	1886	May 2000	£1,760
Violin	1924	May 2000	£1,247
Violin	1889	May 2000	£1,221
Violin	1886	March 2000	£3,220
Violin	1908	March 2000	£2,530
Violin	1900	March 2000	£1,955
Violin	1890 c.	March 2000	£2,300
Violin	1936	December 1999	£708
Violin	1884	November 1999	£2,875
Violin	1900	November 1999	£1,035
Violin	1900	September 1999	£1,000
Violin	1895 c.	September 1999	£780
Violin	1899	June 1999	£1,725
Violin	1923	June 1999	£1,265
Violin	1901	June 1999	£920
Violin	1892	June 1999	£2,875
Violin	1912	June 1999	£1,495
Violin	1887	June 1999	£1,450
Violin	1914	June 1999	£1,192
Violin	1927	June 1999	£715
Violin	1928	May 1999	£1,688
Violin	1994	May 1999	£2,040
Violin	1892	March 1999	£2,070
Violin	1922	March 1999	£1,092
Violin	1892	March 1999	£3,450
Violin	1884	March 1999	£3,375
Violin	1899	December 1998	£1,353
Violin	1922	December 1998	£518
Violin Bow	S/E 62 g.	November 1998	£1,265
Violin	1892	November 1998	£2,185
Violin	19--	November 1998	£1,610
Violin	1888	November 1998	£2,875
Violin	1891	November 1998	£2,070
Violin	1880	November 1998	£2,148
Violin	1884	November 1998	£2,563
Violin	1893	October 1998	£2,070
Violin	1940	July 1998	£1,380
Violin Bow	S/E 59 g.	June 1998	£1,380
Violin Bow	S/E 61 g.	June 1998	£460
Violin	1888	June 1998	£3,220
Violin	1899	June 1998	£1,380
Violin	1938	June 1998	£469
Violin	1883	April 1998	£2,760
Violin	1891	April 1998	£2,185
Violin	1892	April 1998	£2,070
Violin	1889	March 1998	£4,600
Violin	1892	March 1998	£3,174
Violin	1892	March 1998	£2,645
Violin	1920	March 1998	£1,495
Violin Bow	S/E 60 g.	November 1997	£1,725
Violin	1928	November 1997	£977
Violin	1886	November 1997	£3,680
Violin	1892	November 1997	£2,875
Violin	1889	November 1997	£2,415
Violin	1891	November 1997	£2,185
Violin	1895 c.	November 1997	£1,840
Violin	1922	August 1997	£978
Violin	1900 c.	July 1997	£1,955
Violin	1897	July 1997	£2,000
Violin	1884	May 1997	£2,400
Viola Bow	S/E 66 g.	March 1997	£2,300
Violin	1884	March 1997	£3,335
Cello	1888	March 1997	£13,800
Violin	1886	March 1997	£2,990
Violin	1893	March 1997	£2,990
Violin	1892	March 1997	£2,760
Violin		March 1997	£2,300
Violin	1889	March 1997	£1,610
Violin	1892	March 1997	£2,990
Violin	1890	March 1997	£1,840
Violin	1927	March 1997	£1,035
Cello	1896	June 1996	£13,800
Cello	1889	March 1996	£17,250
Violin Bow	S/E 61 g.	October 1995	£1,380
Violin Bow	S/E 65 g.	June 1995	£1,495
Violin Bow	S/E 62 g.	June 1995	£1,495
Cello	1919	June 1995	£9,775
Viola	35.9 cm 1893	June 1995	£3,220
Viola Bow	S/E 70 g.	March 1995	£1,610
Cello	1898	March 1995	£4,830
Viola	39.4 cm 1889	November 1994	£3,910
Viola	39.1 cm 1891	June 1994	£4,830
Cello	1902	June 1994	£9,430
Violin Bow	S/E 58 g.	March 1994	£1,495
Cello	1895	March 1994	£20,700
Violin Bow	S/E 53 g.	November 1993	£935
Violin Bow	S/E 62 g.	November 1993	£805
Violin Bow	G/E 59 g.	June 1993	£2,530
Violin Bow	S/E 58 g.	April 1993	£977
Cello	1899	November 1992	£7,150
Cello	1897	September 1992	£4,394
Violin Bow	S/E 62 g.	July 1992	£660
Violin Bow	S/E 63 g.	November 1991	£605
Violin Bow	S/E 60 g.	November 1991	£825
Violin Bow	S/E 64 g.	November 1990	£660
Violin	1913	July 1990	£1,835
Viola Bow	S/E 70 g.	June 1990	£1,100
Viola	39.1 cm 1886	June 1988	£2,420
Cello Bow	S/E 76 g.	June 1987	£660
Cello Bow	S/E 72 g.	March 1986	£364
Viola	39.5 cm 1899	November 1985	£2,420
Cello Bow	S/E 68 g.	April 1985	£418
Violin	1914	April 1985	£660
Cello Bow	S/E 75 g.	September 1984	£330

Biographies

John Dilworth Cecie Stainer Willibald Leo Lütgendorff

John Dilworth

COLLIN, Charles Jean-Baptiste, known as MÉZIN (COLLIN-MÉZIN) Born 1841 Mirecourt, died 1923 Paris France. Son of Claude Nicolas Collin, below. Pupil of N. F. Vuillaume in Brussels. Established at 8-14 rue de Faubourg Poissoniere, Paris from 1867. Moved to no.10 1876 and later to no.29. Successful repairer and maker. Stradivari, Guarneri, and Amati models. Awards and prizes in Paris 1878, 1879, 1889, and 1900. Honoured as ‘Officier d’Academie des Beaux-Arts’1884. Hard spirit varnish usually of golden or light red-brown colour. Many poorer quality factory instruments have been given the name of Collin-Mezzin. Stamped internally beside the soundpost: ‘Collin-Mezin’. Printed label: Ch. J. B. Collin-Mézin / Luthier / Grand Prix – Exposition Universelle 1900 / Paris / Modèle .. Sélection.. No..