Johann Karl Klotz
Auction price history
Highest auction price
£7,800
| Type | Details | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violin | 35.9 cm Mittenwald, 1760 | September 2011 | £7,800 |
| Violin | 35.6 cm Mittenwald, 1780 c. | October 2010 | £2,640 |
| Violin | Mittenwald, 1769 | November 2005 | £4,342 |
| Violin | November 2005 | £2,053 | |
| Violin | 1750 c. | May 2005 | £1,622 |
| Viola | 38.5 cm 1790 | November 2002 | £4,182 |
| Violin | 1795 | March 2001 | £1,645 |
| Violin | 1779 | June 2000 | £1,955 |
| Viola | 38.2 cm 1786 | March 2000 | £1,840 |
| Violin | 1770 c. | February 1998 | £1,732 |
| Violin | 17-- | July 1997 | £1,800 |
| Violin | 1760 c. | November 1996 | £3,680 |
| Violin | 1782 | November 1995 | £2,760 |
| Violin | 1750 c. | November 1994 | £1,867 |
| Violin | 1775 | March 1994 | £747 |
| Violin | 1776 | November 1992 | £2,090 |
| Violin | 1782 | June 1991 | £2,860 |
| Violin | 1752 | June 1990 | £1,540 |
| Viola | 38.6 cm 1793 | May 1981 | £1,540 |
Biographies
John Dilworth
KLOTZ, Johann Karl (Joan Carol) Born 1709, died 1769 Mittenwald Germany Son of Mathias Klotz (I), below. Thought to have been the pupil of Sebastian, his half-brother. He himself trained one apprentice, Phillip Sailer c.1737-1742, and his own sons Wolfgang and Michael, below. Less well disciplined in execution than some others of the family but similar model. Cremonese soundholes, characteristic head with small inner volute and extended last turn. Varnish thin and intense in colour, some more Amati-like golden-brown. Manuscript labels up to 1750; thereafter printed: Ioan. Carol Kloz, in / Mittenvvald, An 1752. Johan Carl Klotz fecit / in Mittenwald, 1754 Joan Carol Kloz / in Mittenwald, An 1780 [Layer, Baader, Senn]
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