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Georges Mougenot

Auction price history

Highest auction price

£15,600

Type	Details	Sold	Price
Violin	35.6 cm Brussels, 1890	December 2011	£660
Violin	35.8 cm Brussels, 1882	October 2011	£5,625
Violin	35.9 cm Bruxelles, 1905 c. [Workshop of]	June 2010	£2,382
Violin	35.9 cm Brussels, 1898	March 2010	£3,600
Violin	35.8 cm Brussels, 1889	March 2009	£2,400
Violin	35.7 cm Brussels, 1890	May 2008	£7,184
Violin	35.8 cm Paris, 1925	March 2008	£2,457
Violin	35.8 cm Brussels, 1890 c. after "Guarneri"	March 2008	£3,500
Violin	35.9 cm Brussels, 1892 "Guarnerius del Gesu" model	December 2006	£3,595
Violin	Brussels, 1891	November 2005	£2,211
Violin	Brussels, 1894	October 2005	£2,293
Cello	Brussels, 1898	November 2004	£15,600
Violin	1826	November 2003	£3,408
Violin	1934	October 2002	£1,378
Violin	1894	March 2001	£5,400
Viola	39.6 cm 1894	July 2000	£2,880
Violin	1898	June 2000	£1,306
Violin	1909	June 2000	£4,370
Violin	1916	March 2000	£5,175
Violin	1920 c.	October 1998	£1,380
Violin	1892	June 1998	£2,875
Violin	1880	March 1997	£5,980
Violin	1915	November 1992	£1,870
Violin	1909	November 1991	£1,430
Violin Bow	S/E 56 g.	June 1990	£550
Violin	1882	November 1989	£1,980
Violin	1898	August 1985	£770
Violin	1884	September 1983	£1,320
Cello	1870	October 1982	£4,853
Violin	1899	September 1982	£660

Biographies

John Dilworth Cecie Stainer Willibald Leo Lütgendorff

John Dilworth

Georges Born 1843 Mirecourt, died 1937 Boitsfort France. Apprenticed to G. Deroux from 1855. Worked in Liège in 1858 with his uncle Victor Jeandel, and then for N. Darche in Aix-la-Chapelle. Returned to Liège and succeeded to the business of Jeandel in 1860, at that time at 48 rue Souverain Pont. Moved to Pont d’Ile and in 1875 took over the shop of Nicolas Vuillaume in the rue Eperonniers, Brussels. This he transferred to rue St-Jean and later to Montagne de la Cour. Appointed luthier to the Brussels Conservatoire. Retired in 1910 leaving the workshop and business to Maurice Bourguignon. Superb work on classical Cremonese models. Also some copies of the ‘De Bériot’ Maggini violin, with varnish of appropriate shades and first-class materials. Occasional painted and decorated examples. Gold medals awarded at Paris, 1878, Amsterdam, 1883, and Antwerp, 1885 and 1894. Often branded internally. Printed labels: G.M. / Georges Mougenot, luthier du / Conservatoire Royal, Bruxelles 1899 Georges Mougenot / Bruxelles 1898 Copie du Roi Joseph par / Georges Mougenot luthier du / Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles 1900 Instruments made by assistants in his workshops labelled: G.M. / Rue Saint Jean 47 Bruxelles / Made in Belgium.