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William Atkinson

Highest auction price

£4,750

Auction price history
Type Details Sold Price
Violin Wed 29th October 2014 £4,750
Violin Wed 7th March 2012 £3,000
Violin 35.6 cm Tottenham, 1889 Tue 1st December 2009 £2,576
Violin 35.6 cm 1887 Sun 1st March 2009 £1,080
Violin 35.6 cm London, 1902 Sat 1st November 2008 £3,112
Violin 35.5 cm Tottenham, 1892 Sat 1st July 2006 £1,800
Violin 35.6 cm Tottenham, 1891 Sat 1st July 2006 £1,440
Violin 35.7 cm Tottenham, 1888 Wed 1st February 2006 £3,600
Violin Tottenham, 1890 Sat 1st October 2005 £2,620
Violin Tottenham, 1901 Mon 1st November 2004 £4,182
Violin 1891 Thu 1st March 2001 £1,840
Violin 1908 Wed 1st March 2000 £2,415
Violin 1891 Tue 1st June 1999 £1,035
Violin 1907 Tue 1st June 1999 £1,825
Violin 1909 Sun 1st November 1998 £2,530
Violin 1902 Sun 1st March 1998 £1,725
Violin 1892 Sat 1st November 1997 £1,725
Violin 1907 Sat 1st March 1997 £3,450
Viola 39.2 cm 1906 Wed 1st March 1995 £1,495
Violin 1890 Wed 1st February 1995 £1,955
Violin 1909 Sat 1st October 1994 £1,495
Violin 1906 Sat 1st October 1994 £978
Violin 1892 Tue 1st March 1994 £1,210
Violin 1909 Wed 1st December 1993 £1,650
Violin 1904 Mon 1st November 1993 £1,955
Violin 1892 Tue 1st June 1993 £1,045
Violin 1889 Sun 1st November 1992 £1,100
Viola 42.2 cm 1906 Thu 1st March 1990 £1,980
Biographies

John Dilworth

ATKINSON, William Born 1851 Stepney, London, died 1929 Paglesham, Essex UK. Worked as a seaman until c.1869, when he made his first instrument during an apprenticeship as a joiner. Professional violin maker in Tottenham, north London, working from a general supply shop on Church Road. Moved to Paglesham, Essex in 1911. Prolific maker on Stradivari- or Amati-derived models. Fine craftsmanship and good oil varnish, if a little stiff in execution and design; certainly amongst the best makers of this period in England. His oil varnish was his own concoction, soft and slow drying, developing colour without added pigmentation. In some cases this has worn or crazed excessively. It is frequently reported that he destroyed work that he considered unsatisfactory, particularly at the end of his life when early examples failed to match his later standards. He was able to do this at least in part because he always maintained other employments throughout his life and was never entirely dependent on his income from violin making. Branded beneath the button. William Atkinson in / Tottenham 1893 William Atkinson / in Paglesham 1924

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