Alexander Kennedy
London, Wallsend, b. 1699
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Auction Price History
Highest auction price
6 results
| Type | Details | Auction house | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violin | Labelled Alexander Kennedy, Musical ... Lot 343 | Brompton’s | March 2017 | £780est. £ 600-1,000 |
| Violin | 36.0 cm London, 1740 c. | — | December 2011 | £1,020 |
| Violin | 35.6 cm London, 1744 | — | March 2009 | £1,680 |
| Violin | 1743 | — | July 2003 | £2,700 |
| Violin | 1747 | — | June 1993 | £990 |
| Violin | 1747 | — | September 1982 | £308 |
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Biographies
The overview above is drawn from the following published accounts. Read them in the original:
John Dilworth+
KENNEDY, Alexander Born 1699 Scotland, Worked 1730-1785 London UK. Pupil of Nathaniel Cross and teacher of his nephew John Kennedy, below. Worked in Market Street, off Oxford Street (now Great Titchfield Street), London. High-arched Stainer model typical of London trade work of the period. Good workmanship with thin yellow-brown varnish. Signed internally. Alexander Kennedy Maker / made for Nath.ll Cross / November the 6 1744 / in Oxford Market London. Made by Alexander Kennedy / in Oxford Market, London / July 10th, 1747 Alexander Kennedy, musical Instrument / maker, living in Market Street, in / Oxford Street, London. 1749. [BVMA]
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