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Ludwig Aschauer

Auction price history

Highest auction price

£2,926

Type Details Sold Price
Viola 42 cm Mittenwald, 1969 November 2011 £2,400
Violin 35.6 cm Mittenwald, 1950 December 2010 £988
Violin 35.9 cm Mittenwald, 1963 April 2010 £493
Violin 35.5 cm Mittenwald, 1955 November 2008 £1,796
Violin 35.5 cm Mittenwald, 1950 Unvarnished July 2006 £265
Cello Mittenwald, 1925 May 2005 £2,422
Viola 42.2 cm 1952 May 2001 £2,926
Violin 1963 May 2001 £1,315
Viola 40.4 cm 1958 July 2000 £1,560
Violin 1970 November 1990 £770
Viola 41.0 cm 1966 November 1988 £660
Biographies

John Dilworth

ASCHAUER, Ludwig Born 1919 Stuttgart Germany, Worked from 1959 Salt Lake City & San Francisco USA. Son of Leo Aschauer, above. Worked in Markneukirchen and Graz before moving to Mittenwald in 1949. Emigrated to the USA 1959, working for one year in Salt Lake City for Pearce, for whom he had previously made unvarnished instruments in Germany. Subsequently went to Hans Weisshaar in San Francisco. Prolific maker. Antiqued finish on classical models. Branded internally: ‘LA’ [Wenberg]

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