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August Martin Gemunder

Highest auction price

£6,585

Auction price history

Type	Details	Sold	Price
Violin	35.7 cm Early 20th C. [Made for the firm of]	Tue 1st February 2011	£705
Violin	35.8 cm New York, 1911 [Firm of]	Thu 1st April 2010	£1,885
Violin	35.8 cm New York, 1889	Thu 1st May 2008	£6,585
Violin	35.2 cm New York, 1893	Tue 1st May 2007	£5,185
Violin	35.6 cm 1915 c. [Workshop]	Tue 1st May 2007	£1,178
Violin	36.0 cm New York, 1897	Sun 1st October 2006	£647
Violin	35.9 cm Astoria, 1894	Sun 1st October 2006	£3,678
Violin	35.8 cm New York, 1886	Mon 1st May 2006	£1,581
Violin	New York, 1885	Sun 1st May 2005	£873
Violin	New York, 1890	Fri 1st October 2004	£2,863
Violin	New York, 1893	Sat 1st May 2004	£2,510
Violin	Astorio, 1909 [Workshop]	Sat 1st May 2004	£1,930
Violin	1908	Thu 1st November 2001	£3,670
Violin	1895	Mon 1st March 1999	£1,955
Violin	1888	Mon 1st May 1995	£1,276
Violin	1895	Sun 1st June 1980	£351
Violin	1923	Sat 1st March 1980	£929

Biographies

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John Dilworth

GEMÜNDER, August Martin Born 1862, died 1928 New York USA. Son of August Martin Ludwig Gemünder, below. Assisted his father from 1875. Creator of ‘Gemünder Art Violins’. Published ‘The Violin World’ journal from 1892. Gained first prize for a quartet of instruments at the Columbia Exposition (Chicago World’s Fair) 1893. Worked on classical Cremonese and Brescian models with shaded varnish, but with an original approach to construction and acoustical factors. Reputed to have used wood taken from old buildings in New York, but his materials are generally of very good quality. Evolved his own personal model after 1905 which was intended to assimilate all the best features of various models. Bows made on good French patterns. Gemünder Art Violin / New York / August Gemünder & Sons 1920