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Carl Dreier

Markneukirchen, b. 1857

Apprenticed to Schmidt and thereafter worked for several different ateliers. Established own business in Leipzig at 9 Beethovenstrasse 1887. Stradivari model. Professional work with good gold-red varnish. Also a guitar maker. Carl Dreier Leipzig / Streichinstrumentenmacher u. Reparateur — John Dilworth

Worked Markneukirchen
Made Violin
Violin by Carl Dreier, Leipzig, circa 1880 — front
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Violin by Carl Dreier, Leipzig, circa 1880. Sold by Amati. Measurements and detail photographs →

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Auction Price History

Highest auction price

£948

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Type Details Auction house Sold Price
ViolinA violin by Carl Dreier, Leipzig, circa 1880 Lot 247AmatiOctober 2024£948est. £ 1,000-1,500

Biographies

The overview above is drawn from the following published accounts. Read them in the original:

John Dilworth+

DREIER, Carl Born 1857 Markneukirchen Germany. Apprenticed to Schmidt and thereafter worked for several different ateliers. Established own business in Leipzig at 9 Beethovenstrasse 1887. Stradivari model. Professional work with good gold-red varnish. Also a guitar maker. Carl Dreier Leipzig / Streichinstrumentenmacher u. Reparateur

Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+

Schüler von M. Schmidt, arbeitete nach beendeter Lehrzeit in Dresden,
Beuel bei Bonn und Philadelphia und machte sich 1887 in Leipzig selbstständig.
Er baut Geigen und Violoncelli nach Stradivari (aber auch schone Guitarren
und Zithern) und wendet einen gelbbraunen Lack an.

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