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Nicolas Caussin

Neufchateau, Rouvres Chét., Rouvres-la-Chetive, 1818–1889

Elder son of François Caussin, above. Worked for some time with his brother François Hippolyte in his father’s shop, but moved to Paris where he had a business at Place de la Croix-Rouge until 1857, when he returned to Neufchâteau. A specialist in varnish. — John Dilworth

Worked Neufchateau, Rouvres Chét., Rouvres-la-Chetive
Made Cello, Violin

Auction Price History

Highest auction price

£12,213

25 results

Type Details Auction house Sold Price
3/4 size violin, labelled Jacob Stainer, fair condition Lot 564December 2025£3,222est. € 1.000-1.500
Labelled Domino Montagnana til Signa fecit Venitus anno 1718 Lot 141May 2025£3,563est. $ 4,000-6,000
ViolinLabelled N. Gagliano, head and table restorations including the sound post crack Lot 262LaurentJanuary 2024£3,829est. € 3.500-4.000
Some restorations including the table sound post and bass bar cracks, fingerboard missing Lot 116June 2023£5,498est. € 5.000-6.000
Labelled Gobetti, some table restorations including the sound post crack Lot 13June 2023£3,633est. € 3.000-4.000
Labelled Ricozali, some table and back restorations including a sound post crack Lot 9June 2023£3,420est. € 3.000-4.000
Labelled Stainer, fair condition Lot 856May 2023£3,426est. € 2.000-2.500
ViolinLabelled Jacques Boquet, some table restorations including the sound post crack Lot 570LaurentJanuary 2023£3,467est. € 1.500-2.000
Labelled Giovanni Grancino in Contrada, largha di Milano al Signo della Corona 1727 Lot 100April 2022£5,045est. € 5.000-8.000
Bearing the maker's brand, table restorations Lot 259December 2020£1,904est. € 2.000-3.000
Bearing the maker's signature to the table, table sound post restoration Lot 656December 2020£2,113est. € 2.000-3.000
Bearing the maker's label to the table, good condition Lot 163June 2018£5,258est. € 5.000-6.000
Bearing the maker's label, good condition Lot 73November 2017£8,448est. € 3.000-4.000
Branded Nicolas Caussin fils Ainé, table worm Lot 930December 2015£677est. € 800
Labelled Ludovicus Ricolazi fecit cremonae anno 17... Lot 175June 2015£993est. $ 2,000-3,000
Violin36.0 cm Neufchateau, 1860 c. Ascribed to & Workshop ofJanuary 2011£1,530
Violin35.6 cm France, 1860 c.January 2010£1,080
Violin35.7 cm France, 1870 c.January 2010£2,880
Violin35.7 cm 1870 c.January 2010£3,240
Cello76.5 cm Neufchateau, 1870 c. Workshop ofJanuary 2010£8,160
Violin35.5 cm Neufchateau, 1850 c.January 2010£3,600
Violin36.0 cm Neufchateau, 1840 c. Probably byJanuary 2009£780
Violin36.3 cm Neufchateau, 1860 c.January 2008£1,438
Violin36.1 cmJanuary 2006£613
Cello1860 c.January 2003£12,213

Biographies

The overview above is drawn from the following published accounts. Read them in the original:

John Dilworth+

CAUSSIN, NICOLAS Born 1818 Rouvres-la-Chétive, died 1889 Neufchâteau Vosges France. Elder son of François Caussin, above. Worked for some time with his brother François Hippolyte in his father’s shop, but moved to Paris where he had a business at Place de la Croix-Rouge until 1857, when he returned to Neufchâteau. A specialist in varnish. Some later work made for him by his nephew Collenot. Branded: ‘Caussin Nicholas, fils’. One manuscript label reads: ‘made in the workshop of C. A. Miremont and varnished by Caussin in Neufchâtel in 1877’

Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+

Älterer Bruder von François C., der fast ausschliesslich für den Letzteren
arbeitete.

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