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Hilaire Darche

Auction price history

Highest auction price

£19,200

Type Details Sold Price
Violin Labelled Hilaire Darche, Luthier, du Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles, l'an 1919, branded H. Darche ... October 2024 £8,385
Violin 35.6 cm Bruxelles, 1905 December 2010 £4,660
Violin Bow S/E 62 g. October 2010 £3,000
Violin 35.7 cm Bruxelles 1903 (some restorations) June 2009 £4,460
Viola 39.9 cm Brussels, 1920 October 2008 £6,250
Violin 35.8 cm Bruxelles, 1906 June 2008 £4,178
Violin Bow S/E 60.5 g. Brussels, early 20th C. March 2008 £2,500
Violin 34.9 cm Brussels, 1914 October 2007 £3,125
Viola 1913 Viola d'Amore July 2007 £2,016
Cello 76.4 cm Brussels, 1902 February 2006 £4,200
Cello 75.6 cm Brussels, 1925 February 2006 £19,200
Violin Brussels, 1920 [Workshop] May 2005 £2,963
Violin Brussels, 1925 May 2005 £3,663
Violin Brussels [Attributed to] March 2005 £2,160
Violin Lan, 1922 October 2004 £2,988
Violin Brussels, 1927 March 2004 £5,377
Violin 1922 May 2002 £2,563
Violin 1925 June 2001 £3,600
Violin 1913 June 2001 £3,450
Violin 1920 March 2001 £2,070
Violin 1922 November 1999 £3,450
Cello Bow S/E 82 g. November 1998 £3,464
Violin Bow S/E 55 g. June 1998 £977
Violin 1911 April 1998 £6,900
Violin Bow S/E 55 g. April 1998 £805
Cello 1900 c. November 1997 £8,050
Cello Bow S/E 76 g. March 1996 £1,265
Violin 1926 November 1990 £5,720
Violin Bow S/E 54 g. November 1990 £462
Cello 1922 June 1989 £6,050
Violin 1906 March 1989 £3,740
Cello 1908 September 1987 £7,150
Violin 1909 September 1987 £1,210
Biographies

John Dilworth

DARCHE, Hilaire Born 1862, died 1929 Brussels Belgium. Son of Joseph Darche, below. Trained at Gaillard and Nicolas Ainé in Mirecourt, subsequently worked for N. F. Vuillaume in Brussels. Opened his own shop there in 1886 at 62 Boulevard de Waterloo; joined by his brother, a piano maker, in 1894. Antique style copies of classical Cremonese makers. Renowned as an expert dealer and connoisseur. Decorated ‘Chevalier of the Order of King Leopold’ and appointed maker to the Brussels Conservatoire. Hilaire Darche. Luthier / du Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles / l’An 19…

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