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Carl Meyer

MEYER, Carl

Auction Price History

Highest auction price

£408

2 results

Type Details Auction house Sold Price
Labelled Carl Meyer, Voigtlandisches Fabrikat, No. 1924 Imported by Ball, Beavon & ..., good condition Lot 284December 2020£408est. £ 300-400
Labelled Carl Meyer, Voigtlandiches fabricat, imported by Ball, Beavon & Co, London, numbered 1181 Lot 348June 2015£120est. £ 500-800

Maker Overview

Life

German violin trade name associated with the Vogtland (Markneukirchen) instrument-making industry. Active around the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, instruments bearing the name “Carl Meyer, Vogtländisches Fabrikat” were workshop-produced violins made for the export market. Following traditional German construction methods and classical Italian models, these instruments represent the skilled commercial production of the Saxon violin-making region. The name does not appear to refer to a single extensively documented maker but to a workshop or trade attribution.

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