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Henry Richard Knopf

Highest auction price

£7,200

Auction price history
Type Details Sold Price
Violin Bow S/E 59.0 g. Tue 1st November 2011 £4,511
Violin 35.6 cm New York, 1905 Tue 1st November 2011 £2,585
Violin 35.8 cm New York, 1913 Sun 1st May 2011 £2,549
Violin 35.8 cm New York, 1914 Sun 1st May 2011 £2,913
Viola Bow S/E 61 g. Sun 1st May 2011 £639
Violin Bow N/E 52.5 g. without hair Wed 1st December 2010 £722
Violin Bow S/E 53 g. no hair Tue 1st June 2010 £780
Violin Bow S/E 60 g. New York, 1920 c. Mon 1st March 2010 £7,200
Violin Bow S/E 56.0 g. Thu 1st October 2009 £960
Violin Bow S/E 58 g. stamped "HR Knopf New York" Sun 1st March 2009 £631
Violin 35.8 cm American, early 20th C. Sun 1st June 2008 £1,619
Violin Bow S/E 61 g. branded "H.R. Knopf, New York" Sun 1st June 2008 £771
Violin Bow S/E 58 g. Berlin, early 20th C. Sat 1st March 2008 £4,750
Violin 35.7 cm New York, 1900 Mon 1st October 2007 £2,446
Violin Bow S/E 59 g. Stamped "HR Knopf New York" Tue 1st May 2007 £707
Violin Bow S/E 56 g. Stamped "HR Knopf New York" Tue 1st May 2007 £648
Cello Bow S/E 79.0 g. Mon 1st May 2006 £797
Violin New York, 1927 Sat 1st October 2005 £1,965
Cello Bow S/E 70 g. without hair, with tinsel grip Sun 1st May 2005 £811
Violin Bow G/T 63 g. also branded "New York" Fri 1st April 2005 £2,193
Viola 40.2 cm [Probably by] Thu 1st July 2004 £2,151
Violin Bow S/E 52 g. branded "Albertini" Thu 1st May 2003 £2,024
Biographies

John Dilworth

Henry Richard, Born 1860 Markneukirchen, died 1939 New York USA. Son and pupil of Heinrich Knopf, above. Also studied with his uncle Johann, below. Worked for Bausch in Dresden and for Christian Adam in Berlin. Emigrated to New York 1880, and retired 1930 leaving the shop in the hands of his sons, Eugene and Richard. Made 450 violins, 50 violas, and 50 cellos on large Stradivari models, the violins based on the 1714 Stradivari ‘Massart’ violin. Also some Guarneri-derived patterns made prior to 1890. Fine workmanship, excellent materials, and own orange-red oil varnish. Branded beneath fingerboard. Bows branded: H. R. KNOPF NEW YORK Henry Richard Knopf. / New York. Anno 1923. Henry Richard Knopf / New York Anno 1902 No.318.

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