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    Amati > Makers Archive > B > Christian Friedrich Bauer

    Christian Friedrich Bauer

    Klingenthal, worked 1778–1790

    Undistinguished but workmanlike violins with medium arch and orange- brown varnish. Also made viola d’amores. Christian Friedrich Bauer / Faciebat Christian Friedrich Bauer / Cremonalis baviebat, 17.. Christian Friedrich Bauer / Erfunden von Jacob Stainer / in Absam — John Dilworth
    Worked Klingenthal
    Made Violin
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    Auction Price History

    Highest auction price

    £805
    Type Details Auction house Sold Price
    Violin35.4 cm 18th C. Probably by—October 2009£805

    Biographies

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    John Dilworth+

    BAUER, Christian Friedrich Worked 1778-1790 Klingenthal Germany. Undistinguished but workmanlike violins with medium arch and orange- brown varnish. Also made viola d’amores. Christian Friedrich Bauer / Faciebat Christian Friedrich Bauer / Cremonalis baviebat, 17.. Christian Friedrich Bauer / Erfunden von Jacob Stainer / in Absam

    Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+

    Wahrscheinlich ein Eingewanderter, der 1782 im Cassabuch der Geigenmacher-
    Innung als Meister genannt wird.

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