Henryk Kaston

Highest auction price

£2,486

Auction price history

Type	Details	Sold	Price
Violin Bow	G/E 66 g. the ferrule engraved	Sun 1st May 2011	£2,486
Cello Bow	G/E 85 g. the ferrule engraved	Sun 1st May 2011	£2,131
Violin Bow	G/fT 66.0 g. Button with relief of musicians	Sat 1st October 2005	£2,456
Violin Bow	G/T 62 g.	Sun 1st January 1984	£1,222

Biographies

John Dilworth

KASTON, Hendryk Born 1910 Piotrków Trybunalski Poland, d.2010 New York USA. Bow maker from 1943. Also professional violinist and jeweller. Worked for Rudolf Wurlitzer as a bow repairer and restorer. Developed a unique and celebrated line of heavily embellished and inlaid bows on fine French models and initiated much valuable research into the Tourte family. Bow illustrated in the catalogue of the Sacconi Loan Exhibition, New York 1966.