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Wilhelm Thomas Theodor Jaura

Highest auction price

£11,646

Auction price history
Type Details Sold Price
Violin Labelled Wilhelm Thomas Jaura in Wien fecit Anno 1904. Op. 167, numbered 166 by the endpin Fri 1st March 2024 £5,040
Cello 75.1 cm Vienna, 1878 Fri 1st May 2009 £11,646
Violin 1917 Tue 1st July 2003 £1,410
Violin 1912 Tue 1st October 2002 £4,168
Violin 1899 Wed 1st July 1992 £770
Violin 1917 Thu 1st June 1989 £5,500
Biographies

John Dilworth

JAURA, Wilhelm Thomas Theodor Born 1863, died 1922 Vienna Austria. Eldest son of Wilhelm Josef Jaura; a guitar maker. Worked for W. T. Gutermann for 21 years. Established independently from 1898. Luthier to the Viennese court and respected member of the Violin Makers’ Guild. Recognized as the leading expert connoisseur in Vienna. Awarded various decorations and medals. Finely worked copies of classical Italian instruments with good oil varnish. Credited with 300 violins, 80 violas and 150 cellos. Wilhelm Thomas Jaura / in Wien fecit anno 18.. Wilhelm Thomas Jaura / K.U.K. Hof-Geigenmacher / in Wien / opus 142 fecit 1908

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