Auguste Darte
Auction price history
Highest auction price
£7,249
| Type | Details | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violin | Table crack | December 2024 | £2,489 |
| Violin | Stentor model, bearing a vestige of an escutcheon on the rear slide, minor table crack | December 2024 | £7,249 |
| Violin | 35.7 cm Mirecourt, 1870 c. [Workshop of] | December 2011 | £1,480 |
| Cello | 75.5 cm 1870-1880 [Workshop of] | December 2011 | £6,341 |
| Violin | 1850 | October 2002 | £5,079 |
| Violin | 1880 c. | November 2000 | £3,195 |
| Cello Bow | S/E 80 g. | November 1996 | £1,812 |
| Violin | November 1995 | £2,530 |
Biographies
John Dilworth
DARTE, Auguste Born 1830, Paris, died 1892 Mirecourt France. Worked in Mirecourt from 1865. Pupil, son-in-law, and successor of N. F. Vuillaume. Also worked for several years for J. B. Vuillaume. Stradivari model. Scroll slightly lacking in refinement. Golden-yellow spirit varnish. After 1925 the ‘Darte’ name was used by the Deblaye and Meunier company in Mirecourt and appears as a brand on their commercially produced instruments. Original instruments branded and bear a printed label: Fabrique de / A. Darte / à Mirecourt
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