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David Christian Hopf

Highest auction price

£707

Auction price history
Type Details Sold Price
Violin One-piece back of faint broad curl, varnish of a light reddish brown colour on a golden ground Sat 1st June 2024 £707
Biographies

John Dilworth

HOPF, David Christian (I) Born 1734, died 1803 Quittenbach, nr. Klingenthal Germany. Member of the Violin Maker’s Guild at Neukirchen. Generally poorly proportioned model and inconsistent workmanship with decent red-brown varnish. Some better, more refined work with clear golden varnish. David Christian Hopf, Musicus / Instrumentalis in Qvittenbach, 1750.

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