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Etienne Drouin

Mirecourt, worked 1850–1884

Well-regarded workman in the upper class of commercial work. Typical yellow Mirecourt varnish. Manuscript label: Étienne Drouin / à Mirecourt — John Dilworth
Worked Mirecourt
Made Cello, Viola, Violin
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Auction Price History

Highest auction price

£15,533

11 results

Type Details Auction house Sold Price
CelloMany table and ribs restorations including table bass bar and sound post cracks, back crack, broken heel Lot 110LaurentDecember 2024£15,533est. € 15.000-20.000
ViolinBearing the maker's label, some table restorations including pacth Lot 752LaurentJune 2024£1,424est. € 1.000-1.500
ViolinBearing the maker's brand Lot 606VichyJune 2022£5,807est. € 1.500-2.000
CelloLabelled Antonius Stradivarius Cremonensis faciebat anno 17..., signed Lot 109Brompton’sJune 2021£9,000est. £ 4,000-6,000
ViolaLabelled Etienne DROUIN, A Mirecourt, branded Et. Drouin Lot 135Brompton’sMarch 2019£590est. £ 500-800
ViolaLabelled Etienne DROUIN, A Mirecourt, branded Et. Drouin, later scroll Lot 123Brompton’sDecember 2018£590est. £ 500-800
ViolinMany brands to the back internally Lot 73VichyDecember 2012£2,732est. € 2.000-2.500
Violin1850 c.—July 1997£1,035
Violin1870 c.—March 1983£792
Violin1850-80—October 1982£518
Viola39.1 cm 1873—March 1982£917

Biographies

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

John Dilworth+

DROUIN, Étienne Worked circa. 1850-1884 Mirecourt France. Well-regarded workman in the upper class of commercial work. Typical yellow Mirecourt varnish. Manuscript label: Étienne Drouin / à Mirecourt

Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+

Sorgfältig arbeitender Mirecourter Geigenmacher. Lehrer von Brugère.

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