Johann Glass
Klingenthal, Leipzig, worked 1900–1940
Son pupil and successor of Franz Johann, above. — John Dilworth
Auction Price History
Highest auction price
21 results
| Type | Details | Auction house | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label, minor table crack Lot 562 | Laurent | January 2024 | £1,064est. € 1.000-1.500 |
| Labelled Johann Glass hof. Geigenbauer Leipzig 1902 Lot 86 | — | November 2015 | £5,400est. £ 5,000-8,000 | |
| Labelled Johann Glass Court Violin-makers, Furnisher to the Gewandhaus Orchestra and ... Lot 107 | — | August 2015 | £1,835est. $ 1,500-2,200 | |
| Labelled Johann Glass, Atelier für Geigenbau Lot 284 | — | March 2015 | £1,800est. £ 1,200-1,800 | |
| Labelled Johann Glass, Leipzig, 1908 and From the violin studio of the Ditson Company, Boston, New ... Lot 284 | — | August 2013 | £1,315est. $ 1,500-2,200 | |
| Violin | Labelled Johann Glass, Court Violin-maker, Leipzig, 1904, branded to the neck Glass, Leipzig Lot 342 | Tarisio | January 2012 | £1,897est. $ 1,500-2,200 |
| Violin | 35.8 cm Leipzig, 1900 c. | — | January 2010 | £1,368 |
| Violin | 35.9 cm Leipzig, 1909 | — | January 2009 | £2,208 |
| Violin | 35.9 cm Leipzig, 1905 | — | January 2009 | £2,595 |
| Violin | 35.9 cm 1912 (restorations) | — | January 2009 | £960 |
| Cello | 75.5 cm Leipzig, 1907 | — | January 2009 | £8,835 |
| Violin | 36.0 cm 1913 | — | January 2008 | £1,258 |
| Violin | 35.6 cm 1915 | — | January 2006 | £1,533 |
| Violin | Leipzig, 1912 | — | January 2005 | £2,290 |
| Violin | 1925 | — | January 2001 | £1,277 |
| Violin | 1918 | — | January 1997 | £1,380 |
| Violin | 1926 | — | January 1995 | £2,084 |
| Violin | 1918 | — | January 1990 | £759 |
| Violin | 1918 | — | January 1988 | £278 |
| Violin | 1900 c. | — | January 1987 | £165 |
| Violin | 1922 | — | January 1985 | £770 |
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Biographies
The overview above is drawn from the following published accounts. Read them in the original:
John Dilworth+
GLASS, Johann Worked circa. 1900-1940 Leipzig Germany. Son pupil and successor of Franz Johann, above.
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+
Schüler seines Vaters Joh. Traugott Gl. Von 1866—1870 arbeitete er bei
Ludwig Otto in Köln und kam dann als Leiter in die »Straton«-Geigenfabrik
in Gohlis. 1878 machte er sich in Gohlis selbstständig und zog später
nach Leipzig; 1897 erhielt er in Leipzig eine silberne Medaille und wurde 1901
zum Hofgeigenmacher des Herzogs von Anhalt ernannt. Er baut nach Stradivari
und verwendet einen Öllack eigener Zusammensetzung;
auch erfand er neue Geigenwirbel und einen
Bögen zum Selbstbespannen.
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