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Wilhelm Hermann Hammig

Auction price history

Highest auction price

£11,500

Type	Details	Sold	Price
Violin Bow	S/E 57.5 g.	December 2011	£928
Cello Bow	S/E 76.5 g. with silk winding	December 2011	£4,016
Cello Bow	S/E 76.5 g.	November 2011	£1,278
Violin Bow	S/E 56.0 g.	July 2011	£1,616
Cello Bow	S/E 73.0 g. [Made for]	April 2010	£740
Violin	35.2 cm Leipzig, 1890	November 2008	£5,388
Cello Bow	S/E 75 g.	November 2007	£990
Cello Bow	S/E 75 g. Germany, 1910 c. [Workshop of]	April 2007	£606
Violin	Markneukirchen, 1914	November 2005	£1,319
Violin	Leipzig, 1919	November 2005	£1,200
Violin	Leipzig, 1901	November 2005	£6,711
Violin	Leipzig, 1905	November 2005	£6,711
Violin Bow	S/E 58.5 g.	February 2005	£394
Violin Bow	S/E 50 g. without hair	May 2004	£497
Violin	Leipzig, 1903	March 2004	£5,019
Violin	Leipzig, 1902	March 2004	£6,214
Violin	1919	March 2003	£2,702
Cello	1906	June 2001	£11,500
Cello	1893	June 2001	£4,800
Cello	1905	July 2000	£7,200
Cello	1885	March 1999	£4,200
Violin Bow	S/E 58 g.	May 1995	£276
Violin Bow	S/E 56 g.	October 1990	£165
Violin	1885	March 1990	£2,860
Violin Bow	S/E 56 g.	September 1986	£132
Cello	1885	April 1985	£1,265
Cello Bow	S/E 71 g.	April 1985	£187
Cello	1924	April 1985	£1,296

Biographies

John Dilworth Willibald Leo Lütgendorff

John Dilworth

HAMMIG, Wilhelm Hermann Born 1838 Markneukirchen, died 1925 Leipzig Germany. Violin and bow maker. Son and pupil of Wilhelm August Hammig, above. Worked for Carl Grimm in Berlin from 1850, then in Amsterdam, before returning to Markneukirchen in 1864. Spent two years in Frankfurt 1873-1875, before settling in Leipzig. Appointed to the Conservatoire and Gewandhaus Orchestra there. Opened a branch of the business on Potsdamstrasse, Berlin 1894. Awarded prizes in Dresden, Milan, Halle, and London. Considerable expertise in old instruments. Violins on classical models. Very fine work. Instruments branded: ‘W. H. Hammig’. Bows branded: HAMMIG LEIPZIG W. H. Hammig / Leipzig. 1888