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Byrone Beebe

Franklin Park, b. 1864

BEEBE, Byron E. Born 1864, Worked Franklin Park, Illinois & Muskegon, Michigan USA. Active in Franklin Park, Illinois from 1904, and in Muskegon, Michigan from 1910. Personal model, and copies of classical instruments. Shaded gold- or red-brown varnish of his own make. — John Dilworth
Worked Franklin Park
Made Violin
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Auction Price History

Highest auction price

£1,221
Type Details Auction house Sold Price
ViolinFranklin Park, 1907 (head later)—May 2005£1,221

Biographies

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John Dilworth+

BEEBE, Byron E. Born 1864, Worked Franklin Park, Illinois & Muskegon, Michigan USA. Active in Franklin Park, Illinois from 1904, and in Muskegon, Michigan from 1910. Personal model, and copies of classical instruments. Shaded gold- or red-brown varnish of his own make. Credited with up to 300 instruments, some of which may have been imported from Germany in part-finished state. Some branded ‘Beebe’ on the back. Signed directly on the wood internally. Bryon E. Beebe / Muskegon. Mich / No. 264 1918 [Wenberg]

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