Charles Boullangier
Auction price history
Highest auction price
£28,800
| Type | Details | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violin | Labelled Charles Boullagier Fecit London 1888, inscribed CB, 316 on the label and CB on the back | October 2023 | £8,400 |
| Violin | October 2012 | £7,500 | |
| Violin | 35.3 cm London, 1860 c. | June 2011 | £28,800 |
| Violin | 35.6 cm London, 1888 n°323 | March 2011 | £7,800 |
| Cello | 77.0 cm London, 1864 | December 2010 | £10,800 |
| Violin | 35.6 cm London, 1881 | October 2010 | £15,000 |
| Violin | 35.8 cm London, 1880 | June 2010 | £9,838 |
| Violin | 35.9 cm 1800 c. | March 2010 | £10,200 |
| Cello | 76.2 cm London, 1888 | March 2009 | £27,500 |
| Violin | 35.5 cm London, 1888 #302 | May 2008 | £10,178 |
| Violin | 35.7 cm London, 1877 | February 2007 | £10,800 |
| Cello | London, 1880 c. | March 2004 | £16,800 |
| Violin | 1885 | June 2002 | £4,541 |
| Violin | 1886 | June 2002 | £10,920 |
| Viola | 43.0 cm 1882 | November 2001 | £4,600 |
| Violin | 1881 | March 2001 | £4,715 |
| Violin | 1877 | November 2000 | £5,760 |
| Violin | 1881 | November 2000 | £4,600 |
| Violin | 1892 | May 1999 | £1,058 |
| Violin | 1881 | March 1999 | £9,775 |
| Violin | 1884 | March 1999 | £4,200 |
| Violin | 1886 | November 1998 | £3,680 |
| Violin | 1876 | April 1998 | £1,955 |
| Violin | 1876 | November 1997 | £4,370 |
| Cello | 1878 | March 1997 | £18,400 |
| Violin | 1876 | June 1996 | £8,625 |
| Viola | 39.1 cm 1877 | March 1996 | £5,175 |
| Viola | 39.7 cm 1860 c. | March 1996 | £12,650 |
| Violin | 1883 | March 1994 | £1,725 |
| Cello | 1884 | June 1992 | £9,680 |
| Viola | 1885 | September 1991 | £7,150 |
| Violin | 1883 | September 1991 | £4,730 |
| Viola | 40.6 cm 1870 c. | July 1991 | £2,970 |
| Violin | 1880 | June 1991 | £3,520 |
| Violin | 1850 c. | April 1991 | £4,840 |
| Violin | 1870 c. | March 1991 | £4,730 |
| Violin | 1860 c. | January 1991 | £2,860 |
| Viola | 43.2 cm 1867 | April 1983 | £3,410 |
| Viola | 41.3 cm 1865 | July 1980 | £7,285 |
Biographies
John Dilworth
BOULLANGIER, Charles Born 1823 Mirecourt France, died 1888 London UK. Worked in Paris with Vuillaume for three years, and subsequently spent three more years with Gand and Bernardel up to 1849. Moved to London in that year to work for Edward Withers. Established his own business, located at 87 Charlotte Street from 1858, 27 University Street from 1861, 40 Dean Street from 1862, and finally at 16 Frith Street from 1878 until his death. Appointed violin maker to the Duke of Edinburgh, awarded diplomas at the London Exhibitions of 1862, 1872, and 1888. Excellent workmanship; copies of Cremonese models showing a fertile mixture of Parisian and London styles, influenced by John Lott in particular. Dark-red or orange-red varnish and very fine quality woods. Many instruments labelled ‘Withers’ have Boullangier’s signature on the interior. Other instruments labelled after his death in 1888 were sold by his daughter Josephine and son-in-law George White, who took over the business. Charles Edward, his son who was assumed by earlier writers to have been the successor to the shop and the author of these instruments, was in fact still in infancy in this period. Charles Boullangier / Fecit London, 1888 / 319 Charles Boullangier. London / C.B. 87 Charlotte Street. Fitzroy Sq., 1858 Charles Boullangier / Frith Street, London, 1888. No. 317
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