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Elophe Poirson

Highest auction price

£9,525

Auction price history
Type Details Sold Price
Violin 35.7 cm Lyon, 1900 n°185 Wed 1st December 2010 £1,553
Violin 35.7 cm Lyon, 1907 Tue 1st June 2010 £7,767
Violin 35.8 cm 1909 c. [Attributed to] Fri 1st May 2009 £3,106
Violin 35.9 cm Paris, 1896 Thu 1st March 2007 £4,313
Violin 36.3 cm Paris, 1889 Sun 1st October 2006 £2,146
Violin Lyon, 1886 #32 Tue 1st November 2005 £2,526
Violin Lyon, 1895 #138 Tue 1st November 2005 £2,526
Violin Lyon, 1899 #186 Tue 1st November 2005 £1,895
Violin Lyon, 1905 Wed 1st June 2005 £2,374
Violin Lyon, 1897 Sun 1st May 2005 £4,274
Violin France, 1890 c. [Attributed to] Thu 1st April 2004 £1,885
Violin 1896 Sat 1st March 2003 £3,600
Violin 1897 Thu 1st November 2001 £3,450
Violin 1890 c. Tue 1st December 1998 £4,955
Violin 1890 Fri 1st May 1998 £9,525
Violin 1883 Mon 1st November 1982 £1,320
Biographies

John Dilworth

POIRSON, Elophe Born 1840 Landaville, died 1918 Lyons France. Telegraph officer and part-time maker. Completed around 300 instruments (violins, violas and cellos) between 1876 and 1918. Good quality work. Own varnish. Bronze medal Paris 1889. Some instruments branded beneath back button: ‘Poirson’. Manuscript label: Lyon, 1900 / No. 185 Elophe Poirson

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