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Auguste Delivet

Auction price history

Highest auction price

£12,965

Type	Details	Sold	Price
Violin	35.8 cm Paris, 1900 c.	April 2010	£7,856
Violin	35.6 cm Paris, 1920	April 2010	£2,225
Violin	35.8 cm Paris, 1927	October 2009	£2,410
Cello	75.6 cm Paris, 1908 nÂ°167 (some restorations)	June 2009	£12,965
Violin	35.8 cm Paris, 1903	March 2009	£2,574
Violin	36.0 cm 1913 #235	June 2008	£1,485
Violin	35.9 cm Paris, 1908 #200	February 2007	£4,080
Violin	36.0 cm Paris, 1907	October 2006	£1,686
Violin	35.8 cm Paris, 1897, nÂ°31 (restored soundpost crack)	June 2006	£890
Violin	Paris, 1917	March 2004	£2,160
Violin	1902	July 2003	£3,600
Violin	1908	June 2000	£1,958
Violin	19--	May 1997	£1,286
Violin Bow	S/E 65 g.	November 1996	£1,495
Violin	1927	March 1994	£2,990
Violin	1919	November 1993	£2,760
Violin	1904	March 1981	£923

Biographies

John Dilworth Willibald Leo Lütgendorff

John Dilworth

DELIVET, Auguste Born 1861 Mirecourt France died 1928 Montreal Canada Served Mirecourt apprenticeship. Nephew and pupil of Victor Rambaux. Worked for H. C. Silvestre in Paris from 1887, before opening his own shop at.10 rue de Paris in 1892. Moved shortly after to 49 rue Richer. Emigrated to Canada 1918, working at first for Williams in Toronto, later working by himself in Montreal. Instruments made for Williams in three grades: the cheapest ‘under the direction of A. Delivet’, the best bearing his brand on the lower rib: ‘A. Delivet’. Gold medals at Nantes 1904, Liège 1905 and 1906, and elsewhere. Fine work; typical French craftsmanship of this period. Exposition Universelle. Liège. Grand Prix (Collective) / A. Delivet / Luthier / No.. Année 19.. Ex-Ouvrier de H. C. Silvestre / Paris. Made in the workshops of / The R. S. Williams & Sons Co. Limited. Toronto Canada. A.Delivet; Luthier / ex-ouvrier de H. C. Silvestre / Paris année 1896 No..