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Giulio Ettore Degani

Highest auction price

£61,250

Auction price history
Type Details Sold Price
Violin Labelled Degani Giulio di Eugenio premiato con gran diploma d'onore in ..., upper ribs possibly replaced Fri 1st March 2024 £39,857
Violin 35.8 cm Possibly Italian, early 20th C. [Attributed to] Tue 1st November 2011 £3,759
Violin 35.7 cm Venice, 1911 Tue 1st November 2011 £22,555
Cello 75.4 cm Venice, 1921 Fri 1st October 2010 £61,250
Violin 35.6 cm Venice, 1892 Fri 1st October 2010 £21,000
Violin 36.0 cm [Attributed to] Tue 1st June 2010 £11,400
Violin 35.9 cm Cincinnati, 1942 Thu 1st April 2010 £5,499
Violin 35.5 cm Probably Cincinnati, 1920 c. [Probably by] Thu 1st April 2010 £13,355
Violin 35.8 cm Venice, 1909 Thu 1st April 2010 £17,645
Violin 35.5 cm Venice, 1930 c. Thu 1st April 2010 £13,809
Violin 36.0 cm Venice, 1899 Mon 1st March 2010 £21,600
Violin 35.8 cm Venice, 1899 Tue 1st December 2009 £21,600
Violin 36.0 cm Venice, 1894 (restorations) Thu 1st October 2009 £19,200
Violin 35.9 cm Venice, 1893 Thu 1st October 2009 £18,537
Violin 36.0 cm Venice, 1889 Thu 1st October 2009 £15,300
Violin 35.8 cm Venice, 1918 Sun 1st March 2009 £10,800
Violin 36.6 cm Venice, 1911 Sun 1st March 2009 £10,000
Violin 35.6 cm Venice, 1896 Sun 1st June 2008 £16,302
Violin 35.6 cm Venice, 1896 [Lit: The Cooper Collection] Sat 1st March 2008 £29,300
Violin 36.0 cm Venice 1899 Sat 1st March 2008 £14,400
Violin 35.8 cm [Ascribed to] Mon 1st October 2007 £6,283
Violin 35.6 cm Venice, 1913 Thu 1st March 2007 £18,400
Violin 35.7 cm Venice, 1898 Thu 1st March 2007 £20,700
Violin 35.7 cm Venice, 1903 Wed 1st November 2006 £18,044
Violin 35.9 cm Venice, 1900 c. Wed 1st November 2006 £21,051
Violin Venice, 1900 Wed 1st June 2005 £21,332
Violin Venice, 1907 Wed 1st June 2005 £7,647
Violin Venice, 1910 Thu 1st July 2004 £15,535
Violin Venice, 1930 c. [Probably by] Sat 1st May 2004 £5,637
Violin 1903 Wed 1st October 2003 £15,635
Violin 1898 Fri 1st November 2002 £10,575
Violin 1899 Sat 1st September 2001 £15,950
Violin 1895 Sat 1st September 2001 £14,375
Violin 1893 Wed 1st November 2000 £9,200
Violin 1914 Wed 1st November 2000 £12,394
Violin 1898 Wed 1st November 2000 £19,550
Violin 1892 Thu 1st June 2000 £12,650
Violin 1915 Mon 1st May 2000 £13,333
Violin 1893 Wed 1st March 2000 £13,822
Violin 1895 Sun 1st November 1998 £14,375
Violin 1894 Sun 1st November 1998 £12,650
Violin 1915 Thu 1st October 1998 £6,555
Violin 1907 Wed 1st April 1998 £10,350
Violin 1919 Thu 1st May 1997 £3,214
Violin 1897 Fri 1st November 1996 £18,400
Violin 1907 Wed 1st November 1995 £10,925
Viola 39.4 cm 19-- Wed 1st November 1989 £6,600
Cello 1899 Wed 1st June 1988 £11,000
Violin 18-- Mon 1st July 1985 £4,536
Biographies

John Dilworth

DEGANI, Giulio Ettore Born 1875 Montagnana, Italy, died 1959 Cincinnati USA. Son and pupil of Eugenio Degani, above. Worked alongside Giovanni Schwarz and Ettore Siega in the family atelier, known as ‘Degani e figlio’ from 1898, with Giulio taking overall charge. Took over the business entirely after the death of his father in 1901. Emigrated to the USA c.1915, working initially for Wurlitzer in New York. Moved to the firm’s Cincinnati workshop in 1918, but left to start his own business in the same city in 1924. From this point on, he suffered many reverses. For two years he worked in New York with Jago Peternella in difficult conditions. Moved in 1934 to Atlantic City, but was unable to establish himself. A flood destroyed much of his tools and equipment. The following year he returned to Cincinnati, working in meagre circumstances until forced to close in 1952. For a few years more he sustained himself with unskilled labour. He never took any pupils himself and worked unaided all his life. Awarded gold medal in Turin 1911 and diploma in Milan 1909. An important maker of the modern Italian school. Generally less mannered work than his father, following a more classical form with fine clear golden- or red-brown varnish in early years. After c.1940 he made increasing use of pre-formed parts imported from German factories and cheap commercial varnishes. His labels are not chronologically reliable. He used stocks of various pre-printed forms in almost random order, emphasising his Venetian origin when working in America. Used a manuscript label of his grandfather Domenico on occasion. Giulio Degani / Liutaio S. Fosca 2418, Venezia. Degani Giulio di Eugenio / Fece in Venezia anno 189.. Degani Giulio di Eugenio / premiato con gran diploma d’onore in Milano / e medaglia d’oro in Torino / Anno 19.. / Fece in Venezia [Rosengard]

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