C. G. Conn

Highest auction price

£903

Auction price history

Type	Details	Sold	Price
Violin	1924 'Wonder'	Tue 1st October 2002	£903
Violin	1920 c. 'The Wonder Violin'	Tue 1st November 1994	£411
Violin	19-- 'Wonder'	Thu 1st May 1986	£280

Biographies

John Dilworth

CONN, C. G. Worked circa. 1912-1936 Elkhart, Indiana USA. Musical instrument factory founded by Charles Gerard Conn (1844-1931), originally Conn & Dupont 1876, specialising in brass and wind instruments. Largely machine-made violins produced 1912-1936. Several types catalogued: the prestige ‘Symphony’ Stradivari and the ‘Virtuoso’ Guarneri model, alongside cheaper student grade instruments under the titles ‘Orchestra’, ‘Standard’, ‘Commercial’, ‘Student’, and ‘Amateur’.