Bernhard Simon (II) Fendt
Auction price history
Highest auction price
£50,400
| Type | Details | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violin | 35.6 cm London, 1830 c. [Probably by] | December 2011 | £7,200 |
| Violin | 35.6 cm 1810 c. [Possibly by] | November 2011 | £16,540 |
| Violin | 35.6 cm London, 1830 c. | October 2011 | £11,880 |
| Viola | 38.5 cm London, 1800 c. [Attributed to] | October 2011 | £3,125 |
| Cello | 75.4 cm London, 1820 c. | October 2011 | £18,750 |
| Violin | 35.4 cm [Probably by] | September 2011 | £8,400 |
| Cello | 73.4 cm 1840 c. (restorations) [Ascribed to] | March 2011 | £10,560 |
| Cello | 73.3 cm 1840 c. (restorations) [Attributed to] | March 2011 | £14,400 |
| Violin | 35.2 cm London, first half of the 19th C. [Made for "Thomas Dodd"] [Probably by] | March 2011 | £13,750 |
| Bass | London, 1830 c. string length 106.3 cm | June 2010 | £50,400 |
| Violin | 35.3 cm London, 1840 c. | October 2009 | £2,750 |
| Cello | 75.0 cm London, 1830 c. [Probably by] | November 2008 | £9,633 |
| Violin | 35.1 cm London, 1832 | October 2008 | £17,500 |
| Violin | 35.3 cm London, 1840 c. | February 2007 | £10,200 |
| Violin | 35.2 cm 1800 c. [Probably by] | October 2006 | £11,034 |
| Cello | 74 0 cm London, 1840 c. | February 2006 | £34,800 |
| Violin | London | April 2005 | £1,821 |
| Violin | London, 1840 c. | February 2005 | £8,400 |
| Violin | London, 1830 c. | July 2004 | £7,200 |
| Violin | 1830 c. | May 2004 | £4,973 |
| Violin | 1850 c. | July 2003 | £3,348 |
| Violin | 1830 | June 2000 | £19,550 |
| Viola | 40.3 cm 1830 | November 1998 | £8,313 |
| Cello | 1830 c. | March 1996 | £20,700 |
| Violin | 1830 c. | October 1995 | £10,350 |
| Cello | 1851 | November 1991 | £9,900 |
| Cello | 1830 c. | September 1991 | £14,300 |
| Cello | 1800 c. | September 1991 | £13,200 |
| Viola | 40.3 cm 1833 | June 1990 | £9,350 |
| Viola | 40.3 cm 1833 | November 1989 | £6,380 |
| Cello | 1800-25 | March 1988 | £6,380 |
| Violin | 1840 c. | November 1987 | £1,760 |
| Violin | 1850 | March 1986 | £2,160 |
| Violin | 1830 | June 1984 | £4,301 |
| Cello | 1840 c. | November 1982 | £3,240 |
| Cello | 1834 | November 1982 | £7,700 |
| Violin | 18-- | April 1982 | £1,870 |
Biographies
John Dilworth
FENDT, Bernhard Simon (II) Born 1801, died 1852 London UK. Eldest son of Bernhard S. Fendt (I), above. Trained by his father at Betts’ until c.1823. From c.1831 joined in business with Charles Farn, a violin dealer and ex-employee of his father’s partner, Charles Vernon, at 72 Lombard Street. After Farn’s death in 1832 worked with George Purdy, a dancing and fencing teacher, under the name ‘Purdy and Fendt’ at 20 Finch Lane, later at 3 Oxenden Street, Haymarket, and finally at 74 Dean Street from 1850. Contributed a quartet of instruments for the International Exhibition, London 1851. Both he and his son William died of consumption in 1852. Fully equal to his father as a gifted and ingenious craftsman, his work covers a wide variety of models, but generally focused on Stradivari, Guarneri, and Amati, executed with a admirable sensitivity to the virtues of the original instruments, and varnished with rich pliant coatings of deep red-brown colours. One of the first makers to exploit the possibilities of the Guarneri del Gesù’s style. Equally famed for his exuberant double basses made on the Brescian model with flat backs and double purfling. Bernard S. Fendt Junr./ London 1832 Bernard Fendt / London 1851 [BVMA]
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