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Auguste Sebastien Philippe Bernardel

Highest auction price

£93,204

Auction price history
Type Details Sold Price
Violin Labelled (Bernardel Elève de) Lupot et Gand, rue des vieux Augustins 12° 8. à Paris, l'an 1828 Fri 1st March 2024 £36,000
Violin Labelled Bernardel, Luthier, ex-Ouvrier des Srs. Lupot et Gand, rue des vieux augustins no. 25, à ... Fri 1st March 2024 £9,600
Cello 75.7 cm Paris, 1846 Thu 1st December 2011 £68,691
Cello Paris, 1833 Thu 1st December 2011 £26,420
Violin 35.9 cm Paris, 1849 Thu 1st December 2011 £25,363
Violin 36.2 cm Paris, 1843 Wed 1st June 2011 £20,941
Violin 35.9 cm Paris, 1866 Tue 1st March 2011 £21,250
Cello 75.9 cm Paris, 1855 Wed 1st December 2010 £93,204
Violin 36.0 cm Paris, 1846 Fri 1st October 2010 £25,200
Violin 36.2 cm Paris, 1836 c. Thu 1st April 2010 £10,998
Violin 35.7 cm Paris, 1861 Mon 1st March 2010 £18,750
Cello 75.7 cm Paris, 1861 Thu 1st October 2009 £79,250
Cello 76.0 cm Paris, 1862 Mon 1st June 2009 £50,821
Violin 35.7 cm Paris, 1844 Mon 1st December 2008 £24,572
Violin 35.7 cm Paris, 1836 c. [Attributed to & possibly by] Thu 1st May 2008 £13,171
Violin 35.1 cm Paris, 1828 Sat 1st March 2008 £12,500
Violin 35.5 cm Paris, 1845, after "Guarneri" [Lit: The Cooper Collection] Sat 1st March 2008 £18,500
Cello 75.3 cm Paris, 1841 With Provenance Mon 1st October 2007 £60,500
Viola 38.7 cm Paris, 1837 Mon 1st October 2007 £12,500
Violin 36.0 cm France, 19th C. [Attributed to] Mon 1st October 2007 £6,875
Violin 36.3 cm Paris, 1858 Thu 1st March 2007 £8,625
Cello 75.3 cm Paris, 1833 Thu 1st February 2007 £50,400
Violin 36.0 cm Paris, 1845 c. [Made with "Bernardel Père"] Fri 1st December 2006 £9,587
Violin 35.9 cm Paris, 1840, [Made with "Bernardel Père"] Thu 1st June 2006 £25,092
Violin Paris, 1850 Tue 1st November 2005 £13,200
Violin Paris Wed 1st June 2005 £1,610
Violin Paris, 1865 Sun 1st May 2005 £18,567
Violin Paris, 1849 'Maggini' model Wed 1st December 2004 £2,930
Cello Fauldhouse, 1926 Mon 1st March 2004 £50,400
Violin Paris, 1850 c. [Probably by] Mon 1st March 2004 £9,000
Violin 1828 Sat 1st November 2003 £10,340
Cello 1859 Sun 1st June 2003 £30,965
Cello 1849 Thu 1st May 2003 £19,094
Violin 1855 Sun 1st December 2002 £15,134
Violin 1829 Fri 1st November 2002 £6,815
Bass 1841 Sat 1st December 2001 £6,147
Violin 1850 Fri 1st June 2001 £21,606
Violin 1855 Fri 1st June 2001 £15,035
Cello 1835 Tue 1st May 2001 £21,364
Violin 1897 Wed 1st November 2000 £15,400
Violin 1825 c. Wed 1st November 2000 £4,648
Violin 1901 Sun 1st October 2000 £9,664
Violin 1836 Thu 1st June 2000 £15,884
Violin 1864 Wed 1st March 2000 £20,700
Violin 1900 c. Mon 1st November 1999 £2,626
Cello 1849 Sun 1st November 1998 £36,700
Violin 1923 Mon 1st June 1998 £1,289
Violin 1827 Fri 1st May 1998 £11,994
Violin 1834 Sat 1st November 1997 £13,225
Violin 1894 Sat 1st June 1996 £1,610
Violin 1835 Fri 1st March 1996 £14,950
Violin 1850 c. Wed 1st November 1995 £16,100
Violin 1830 Tue 1st June 1993 £15,400
Violin 1849 Sun 1st March 1992 £6,050
Violin 1834 Mon 1st April 1991 £9,900
Violin 1839 Fri 1st March 1991 £6,050
Violin 1836 Thu 1st November 1990 £4,180
Cello 1849 Wed 1st March 1989 £35,200
Cello 18-- Mon 1st November 1982 £2,090
Biographies

John Dilworth

BERNARDEL, Auguste Sebastien Philippe Born 1798 Mirecourt, died 1870 Bougival France. Known as ‘Bernardel Père’. Apprenticed in Mirecourt before joining Lupot in Paris c.1815. Remained there until 1824; briefly worked with Gand before opening his own shop in the capital in 1826 in the rue Coquillière. Later moved to rue Croix des Petits Champs, where Vuillaume was already established. Joined by his sons Ernest (in 1840) and Gustave (c.1849), the firm became known as Bernardel et Fils. Retired in 1866 to Bougival, a town popular with the Impressionist painters at that time. One of the most important and influential French makers, eclipsed only by his teacher, Lupot, and his almost exact contemporary, J. B. Vuillaume. Worthy inheritor of Lupot’s tradition and craftsmanship, and along with Vuillaume and Betts in England, a pioneer of ‘antiqued’ copies of individual classical instruments with artificially shaded varnish. His varnish is generally inferior to Vuillaume’s, and can be a slightly crude red colour, and his violins by comparison seem a little heavy in execution. Materials always of the very finest quality. Stradivari, Guarneri and Brescian models. Cellos modelled on the Stradivari ‘Duport’ cello are particularly successful, and double basses highly sought-after. Bernardel, luthier / ex-ouvrier du Lupot / rue Coquillière, No. 44 à Paris / l’an 1826 Bernardel, Luthier Élève de Lupot / Aux Croix des Petits Champs No. 23 / à Paris 1835 Medaille d’or et d’argent / aux Expositions de 1844 et 1849 / Bernardel, Luthier Élève de Lupot / rue Croix des Petits Champs, 21. / à Paris. 1855

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