Paul Francois Blanchard
Highest auction price
£15,395
Auction price history
| Type | Details | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label n. 417 and signatures to the table and back, minor back restoration, minor worm | Sat 1st June 2024 | £9,573 |
| Violin | Labelled Fait par Paul Blanchard, à Lyon en 1890 n° 226, inscribed Fait à Lyon, Paul Blanchard, 1890 | Wed 1st May 2024 | £11,350 |
| Violin | Labelled Fait par Paul Blanchard à Lyon en 1904, n°609, branded to the inside and to the lower rib PB | Wed 1st May 2024 | £6,444 |
| Violin | 35.7 cm Lyon, 1893 n°311 | Thu 1st December 2011 | £13,210 |
| Violin | 35.6 cm Lyon, 1905 n°638 | Thu 1st December 2011 | £6,341 |
| Violin | 35.8 cm Lyon, 1918 [Workshop of] | Sat 1st October 2011 | £1,778 |
| Violin | 35.7 cm Lyon, 1897 n°416 | Wed 1st June 2011 | £7,715 |
| Violin | 35.7 cm Lyon, 1912 n°831 | Wed 1st June 2011 | £8,266 |
| Violin | 35.6 cm Lyon, 1912 | Sun 1st May 2011 | £9,468 |
| Violin | 35.5 cm Lyon, 1897 n°423 | Wed 1st December 2010 | £4,660 |
| Violin | 35.7 cm Lyon, 1904 n°607 | Wed 1st December 2010 | £7,249 |
| Viola | 40.0 cm Lyon, 1895 n°378 | Fri 1st October 2010 | £7,800 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 58.0 g. [Made for] | Thu 1st July 2010 | £1,615 |
| Violin | 36.1 cm [Workshop of] | Tue 1st June 2010 | £2,160 |
| Violin | 35.8 cm Lyon, 1891 n°251 | Tue 1st June 2010 | £5,696 |
| Violin | 36.0 cm Lyon, 1899 [Workshop of] | Tue 1st June 2010 | £3,107 |
| Violin | 35.9 cm Lyon, 1899 [Workshop of] | Thu 1st April 2010 | £1,995 |
| Violin | 57.5 cm Lyon, 1896 n°402 | Thu 1st October 2009 | £6,303 |
| Violin | 35.7 cm Lyon, 1910 c. | Thu 1st October 2009 | £10,381 |
| Violin | 35.6 cm Lyon, 1889 | Mon 1st June 2009 | £3,319 |
| Violin | 35.7 cm Lyon, 1910 c. | Fri 1st May 2009 | £4,270 |
| Violin | 35.7 cm Lyon, 1894 "1894 Universal Expostion" | Mon 1st December 2008 | £10,443 |
| Violin | 35.7 cm Lyon, 1911 | Wed 1st October 2008 | £8,750 |
| Violin | 35.6 cm Lyon, 1886 #122 | Sun 1st June 2008 | £4,642 |
| Violin | 35.9 cm Lyon, 1891 [Workshop] | Sun 1st June 2008 | £2,785 |
| Violin | 35.8 cm Lyon, 1907 [Workshop of] | Thu 1st May 2008 | £1,646 |
| Violin | 35.7 cm Lyons, 1912, #830 | Sat 1st December 2007 | £5,531 |
| Violin | 35.7 cm Lyon, 1885 c. [Workshop of] | Mon 1st October 2007 | £1,625 |
| Violin | 35.9 cm Lyons, 1888, #183 | Fri 1st June 2007 | £5,451 |
| Violin | 35.5 cm Lyon, 1912 | Thu 1st March 2007 | £7,105 |
| Violin | 35.7 cm Lyon, 1907 #667 | Wed 1st November 2006 | £5,400 |
| Cello | 76.1 cm Lyon, 1900 | Sun 1st October 2006 | £15,395 |
| Viola | 42.2 cm Cesena, 1983 | Sun 1st October 2006 | £2,925 |
| Viola | 40.7 cm Chicago, 1992 | Sun 1st October 2006 | £2,925 |
| Violin | 35.8 cm Lyon, 1900 | Mon 1st May 2006 | £4,905 |
| Violin | 36.0 cm Lyons, 1887 | Mon 1st May 2006 | £1,075 |
| Violin | 35.6 cm Lyons, 1899 [Workshop of] | Mon 1st May 2006 | £1,202 |
| Violin | Lyons, 1900 #528 | Thu 1st December 2005 | £3,991 |
| Violin | Lyons, 1901 | Thu 1st December 2005 | £5,188 |
| Violin | Lyon, 1901 | Tue 1st November 2005 | £6,568 |
| Violin | Lyon, 1893 #314 | Tue 1st November 2005 | £7,106 |
| Violin | Lyon, 1910 #754 | Tue 1st November 2005 | £6,316 |
| Violin | [Attributed to] | Thu 1st September 2005 | £3,120 |
| Violin | Lyon, 1895 #789 | Sun 1st May 2005 | £6,781 |
| Violin | Lyon, 1895 #381 | Sun 1st May 2005 | £6,458 |
| Violin | Lyon, 1895 #288 | Sun 1st May 2005 | £5,651 |
| Violin | [Attributed to] | Sun 1st May 2005 | £2,442 |
| Violin | 1903 | Wed 1st October 2003 | £2,946 |
| Violin | 1912 c. | Wed 1st October 2003 | £3,944 |
| Violin | 1899 | Tue 1st July 2003 | £2,585 |
| Violin | 1887 | Fri 1st March 2002 | £6,000 |
| Cello | 1895 | Sat 1st December 2001 | £7,092 |
| Violin | 1886 | Fri 1st June 2001 | £5,167 |
| Violin | 1898 | Thu 1st March 2001 | £5,400 |
| Violin | 1907 | Fri 1st December 2000 | £4,894 |
| Violin | 1908 | Fri 1st December 2000 | £4,689 |
| Violin | 1888 | Thu 1st June 2000 | £1,495 |
| Violin | 1912 | Mon 1st November 1999 | £9,775 |
| Violin | 1907 | Tue 1st December 1998 | £4,839 |
| Violin | 1888 | Mon 1st June 1998 | £6,679 |
| Viola | 41.4 cm 1894 | Sat 1st March 1997 | £8,625 |
| Violin | 1912 | Sat 1st June 1996 | £9,200 |
| Violin | 1910 | Fri 1st March 1996 | £7,475 |
| Viola | 1903 | Thu 1st June 1995 | £3,450 |
| Violin | 1911 | Tue 1st March 1994 | £7,820 |
| Violin | 1905 | Sun 1st November 1992 | £7,150 |
| Violin | 1905 | Mon 1st June 1992 | £5,500 |
| Violin | 1886 | Fri 1st March 1991 | £4,620 |
Biographies
John Dilworth
BLANCHARD, Paul François Born 1851 Mirecourt, died 1912 Lyons France. Grandson of François Blanchard, above. Apprenticed to Auguste Darte from 1865. Subsequently worked for Daniel in Marseilles and Silvestre in Lyons. Established own workshop in Lyons in 1870. Awarded medals at several Exhibitions. Appointed luthier to the Lyons Conservatoire, theatres, and orchestra. Highly esteemed and productive maker; employed several assistants. Stradivari and Guarneri models with fine clear golden-red oil varnish. Cheaper quality instruments all of consistently good finish, but with pale gold varnish, made by employees in the workshop. Fait par Paul Blanchard / à Lyon en 1887, No. 137 Fait dans l’At
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