Paul Kaul
Lully, Mirecourt, Nantes, Paris, 1875–1951
Apprenticed at Thibouville-Lamy. Worked for Silvestre and Maucotel in Paris 1900-1905. Established independently in Nantes from 1907; then briefly in Ancemis, Hyères, and Cannes before settling in Paris 1928. All classical models with varying shades of varnish. — John Dilworth
Worked
Lully, Mirecourt, Nantes, Paris
Made
Cello, Viola, Violin
Auction Price History
Highest auction price
£19,975
85 results
| Type | Details | Auction house | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violin | Labelled Paul Kaul, Paris, An 1933, "Cleobule", modèle que j'ai créé spécialment pour Georges ... Lot 158 | Tarisio | November 2025 | £6,337est. $ 8,000-12,000 |
| Violin | Two-piece back of horizontal curl, varnish of an orange brown colour on a golden ground Lot 14 | Millon & Associés | November 2025 | £4,783est. € 4.000-6.000 |
| Violin | Labelled Paul Kaul, Paris an 1951, No. 20 Lot 53 | Ingles & Hayday | October 2025 | £4,560est. £ 4,000-6,000 |
| Violin | Labelled Paul Kaul Paris An 1937, signed to the label, branded twice to the inside back Paul Kaul Lot 120 | Tarisio | May 2025 | £3,974est. € 4.000-6.000 |
| Violin | Labelled Paul Kaul, Paris An 1928, "Boccherini", modèle que j'ai créé spécialement, pour Lucien ... Lot 61 | Tarisio | January 2025 | £5,700est. £ 4,000-6,000 |
| Violin | Labelled Paul Kaul, Paris An 1929, signed to the label, branded twice to the inside back Paul Kaul Lot 146 | Tarisio | January 2024 | £4,713est. $ 4,000-6,000 |
| Violin | Labelled Paul Kaul, Nantes An 1923, branded to the inside table and twice to the inside back Paul Kaul Lot 119 | Tarisio | January 2024 | £7,022est. € 3.500-5.500 |
| Violin | Labelled Paul Kaul, Paris - An 1932, Modèle que j'ai créé spécialement pour Lucien Capet, signed Lot 120 | Tarisio | January 2024 | £6,019est. € 3.500-5.500 |
| Violin | Labelled Paul Kaul Paris An 1934, signed to the label, branded twice to the inside back Paul Kaul Lot 76 | Tarisio | January 2024 | £5,700est. £ 4,000-6,000 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label n. 93 and brands, good condition Lot 16 | Laurent | January 2024 | £6,382est. € 3.000-4.000 |
| Viola | Labelled Paul Kaul 7bis, Nantes - An 1919, signed to the label, branded to the inside table Paul Kaul Lot 13 | Tarisio | January 2024 | £5,675est. € 3.000-5.000 |
| Violin | Labelled Paul Kaul 122, Nantes an 1920, signed to the label, branded to the inside back Paul Kaul Lot 66 | Tarisio | January 2024 | £4,385est. € 3.000-5.000 |
| Violin | Labelled Paul Kaul, Paris an 1927, signed to the label, branded three times to the inside back Paul Kaul Lot 67 | Tarisio | January 2024 | £5,159est. € 3.000-5.000 |
| Violin | One piece back, ribs and head similar, table of fine grain, varnish of an orange colour on a golden ground Lot 30 | Millon & A. | January 2024 | £6,127est. € 5.000-7.000 |
| Violin | Labelled Paul Kaul, Paris an 1932, 3e Epoque N° 24, mon ami Cesar Piquerido, signed to the label Lot 85 | Tarisio | January 2024 | £9,221est. € 3.000-5.000 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label n. 76 and brand internally, two-piece back Lot 29 | De Baecque | December 2023 | £6,000est. € 3.800-4.000 |
| Violin | Georges Enesco model, bearing the maker's label and signatures to the table Lot 305 | Vichy | June 2023 | £7,148est. € 6.000-8.000 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label n. 67 Lot 323 | Vichy | June 2023 | £2,749est. € 2.000-3.000 |
| Violin | Labelled Paul Kaul, Nantes, An. 1919, 107, signed to the label, branded to the inside back Paul Kaul Lot 101 | Tarisio | April 2022 | £3,717est. € 6.000-9.000 |
| Viola | Bearing the maker's label and signature Lot 68 | Vichy | December 2021 | £7,388est. € 6.000-8.000 |
| Violin | Unlabelled, branded to the inside back Paul Kaul, inscribed to the inside table Lot 149 | Tarisio | November 2021 | £8,004est. $ 8,000-12,000 |
| Violin | Labelled with signature Paul Kaul Nantes - An 1924 Le "Ernst", Modèle que j'ai créé spécialment pour ... Lot 20 | Ingles & Hayday | November 2021 | £5,400est. £ 3,000-5,000 |
| Violin | Labelled Paul Kaul, no 108, Nantes an 1919, signed to the label P. Kaul, also labelled En témoignage ... Lot 99 | Tarisio | July 2021 | £5,651est. $ 4,000-6,000 |
| Violin | Labelled Paul Kaul, Nantes - An 1925 Modèle que j'ai créé spécialement, pour Lucien Capet, branded Lot 115 | Tarisio | July 2021 | £7,825est. $ 8,000-12,000 |
| Violin | Lucien Capet model, bearing the maker's label and signatures Lot 163 | Vichy | June 2021 | £5,772est. € 5.000-6.000 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's manuscript label Mon 138ème, au grand violiniste Jacques Thibaud Lot 152 | Vichy | December 2020 | £10,640est. € 8.000-10.000 |
| Violin | Unlabelled Lot 280 | Brompton’s | March 2020 | £4,320est. £ 3,000-5,000 |
| Violin | Labelled Paul Kaul Paris An 1950, Modèle que j'ai crée spécialement pour Paul Kaul fils, numbered 17 Lot 15 | Ingles & Hayday | March 2020 | £4,200est. £ 3,500-5,000 |
| Violin | Labelled Paul Kaul Paris An 1948, Modèle que j'ai crée spécialement pour Paul Kaul fils, numbered 13 Lot 279 | Ingles & Hayday | March 2020 | £4,200est. £ 3,500-5,000 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label and brand Lot 420 | Vichy | November 2019 | £6,564est. € 5.000-7.000 |
| Violin | Labelled PAUL KAUL 152. NANTES ..., two-piece back, spruce table, craquelled vanish Lot 49 | Apollium | November 2018 | £5,121est. € 6.000-8.000 |
| Violin | Labelled Paul Kaul, Paris - an 1933, "Hippocrate", Modele que j'ai cree ... Lot 202 | Brompton’s | March 2018 | £3,000est. £ 3,000-5,000 |
| Violin | Labelled Paul Kaul, no 108, Nantes an 1919, signed to the label P. Kaul, also labelled En témoignage ... Lot 124 | Tarisio | March 2018 | £2,950est. £ 3,500-5,500 |
| Violin | Violin, 1934 Lot 215 | Artcurial | December 2017 | £2,695est. € 2.000-2.500 |
| Violin | Violin, 1933 Lot 239 | Artcurial | December 2017 | £1,797est. € 2.500-3.000 |
| Violin | Labelled Paul Kaul, Paris an 1930, Stradella, modèle que j'ai créé spécialement, pour Lucien Capet 91 Lot 144 | Tarisio | October 2017 | £8,260est. £ 3,000-5,000 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label and signature Lot 271 | Vichy | June 2017 | £4,698est. € 3.000-4.000 |
| Violin | Enesco model, bearing the maker's label and signature Lot 322 | Vichy | June 2017 | £4,698est. € 5.000-6.000 |
| Violin | Branded twice to the inside back Paul Kaul, signed to the inside back P. Kaul Lot 139 | Tarisio | June 2017 | £3,600est. £ 4,000-6,000 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's brands and signatures Lot 266 | Vichy | June 2016 | £4,903est. € 5.000-6.000 |
| Violin | Lucien Capet model, bearing the maker's label and brands Lot 317 | Vichy | June 2016 | £3,866est. € 4.000-5.000 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label Le Schumann / Modele que j'ai cree specialement / pour LUCIEN CAPET. 15 Lot 169 | Skinners | May 2016 | £3,580est. $ 4,500-6,000 |
| Viola | Labelled Paul Kaul, à Paris, An 1932, signed to the label Paul Kaul Lot 14 | Tarisio | March 2016 | £5,900est. £ 4,000-6,000 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label Lot 418 | Vichy | June 2015 | £4,379est. € 5.000-7.000 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label and brands Lot 354 | Vichy | June 2014 | £7,740est. € 5.000-7.000 |
| Violin | Labelled Paul Kaul, Ex Ouvrier de Silvestre et Maucotel, 19 rue Racine à Paris, 1907, Nantes Lot 231 | Tarisio | May 2014 | £6,612est. $ 10,000-15,000 |
| Violin | Labelled Paul Kaul, Paris, An 1933, "Cleobule", modèle que j'ai créé spécialment pour Georges Enescu Lot 157 | Tarisio | June 2013 | £4,500est. £ 3,000-5,000 |
| Violin | Labelled Paul Kaul, Paris, An 1934, Modèle que j'ai créé spécialement, pour Georges Enesco, branded Lot 181 | Tarisio | May 2013 | £3,853est. $ 4,000-6,000 |
| Violin | Violin, 1919 Lot 830 | Vichy | December 2012 | £3,214est. € 1.000 |
| Violin | Labelled CHENANTAIS-KAUL, NANTES 1912 NO 42 Lot 54 | Skinners | October 2012 | £6,332est. $ 7,000-10,000 |
| Violin | N° 177 Lot 155 | Vichy | June 2012 | £6,308est. € 7.000-8.000 |
| Violin | 36.0 cm Paris, 1929 n°179 | — | January 2011 | £4,298 |
| Cello | 76.5 cm Paris, 1928 Attributed to | — | January 2010 | £9,600 |
| Violin | 36.1 cm Paris, 1907 | — | January 2009 | £4,896 |
| Violin | 35.8 cm Paris, 1927 | — | January 2007 | £4,750 |
| Violin | 35.9 cm Paris, 1928 | — | January 2007 | £4,609 |
| Violin | 35.8 cm Paris, 1904 (soundpost crack) | — | January 2006 | £5,666 |
| Violin | Paris, 1932 #21 | — | January 2005 | £3,632 |
| Violin | Lully, 1927 | — | January 2005 | £3,743 |
| Violin | Paris, 1927 | — | January 2005 | £3,600 |
| Violin | Nantes, 1909 | — | January 2004 | £2,686 |
| Violin | 1919 | — | January 2003 | £4,506 |
| Violin | 1918 | — | January 2003 | £2,468 |
| Cello | 1926 | — | January 2003 | £19,975 |
| Violin | 1928 | — | January 2003 | £3,600 |
| Violin | 1920 | — | January 2002 | £4,129 |
| Violin | 1928 | — | January 2002 | £7,170 |
| Violin | 1945 | — | January 2002 | £4,600 |
| Violin | 1940 | — | January 2001 | £3,310 |
| Violin | 1927 | — | January 2001 | £3,120 |
| Viola | 48.0 cm 1920 | — | January 2000 | £1,567 |
| Cello | 1910 | — | January 2000 | £13,556 |
| Violin | 1923 | — | January 2000 | £5,175 |
| Violin | 1933 | — | January 2000 | £4,945 |
| Violin | 1875 | — | January 1999 | £4,600 |
| Violin | 1931 | — | January 1999 | £4,830 |
| Cello | 1908 | — | January 1999 | £11,500 |
| Violin | 1940 | — | January 1998 | £1,801 |
| Violin | 1919 | — | January 1998 | £1,875 |
| Viola | 40.5 cm 1931 | — | January 1998 | £4,140 |
| Violin | 1923 | — | January 1994 | £4,370 |
| Violin | 1943 | — | January 1992 | £3,300 |
| Violin | 1919 | — | January 1992 | £6,050 |
| Violin | 1930 | — | January 1990 | £1,870 |
| Violin | 1940 | — | January 1986 | £1,760 |
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Biographies
The overview above is drawn from the following published accounts. Read them in the original:
John Dilworth+
KAÜL, Paul Born 1875 Mirecourt, died 1951 Vésinet France. Apprenticed at Thibouville-Lamy. Worked for Silvestre and Maucotel in Paris 1900-1905. Established independently in Nantes from 1907; then briefly in Ancemis, Hyères, and Cannes before settling in Paris 1928. All classical models with varying shades of varnish. Some instruments following the ideas of Dr. Chenantais. Author of Italian Idolatry (1908), The Feud between the Ancients and Moderns (Nantes, 1928), Paul Kaul and the renaissance of violin making (Leyde, 1934). Paulus Kaül ex Silvestri faber / in Namnetium urbe fecit / Anno.. No.. Paul Kaul / Ancenis An 1923. / Le Porpora / Modèle que j’ai crée specialement / pour Lucien Capet. 44
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