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Friedrich Hoyer

Klingenthal, worked 1785–1820

Undistinguished Tyrolean-style work with golden-brown varnish. Friedrich Hoyer / in Nürnberg, 1787 Friedrich Hoyer / in Klingenthal. 1817 — John Dilworth

Worked Klingenthal
Made Viola, Violin

Auction Price History

Highest auction price

£2,781

4 results

Type Details Auction house Sold Price
ViolaOne-piece back of faint medium curl, ribs similar, table of fine grain, varnish of a golden brown colour Lot 130Gardiner HoulgateMay 2014£2,124est. £ 1,200-1,500
ViolaLabelled Friedrich Hoyer, in Klingenthal, 1791 Lot 18TarisioApril 2012£2,781est. $ 2,500-4,000
Violin1875January 1998£322
Violin1790January 1997£817

Biographies

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John Dilworth+

HOYER, Friedrich Worked circa. 1785-1820 Klingenthal & Nuremberg Germany. Undistinguished Tyrolean-style work with golden-brown varnish. Friedrich Hoyer / in Nürnberg, 1787 Friedrich Hoyer / in Klingenthal. 1817

Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+

Er ist vielleicht identisch.mit Fried. Hoyer in Nürnberg?

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