Franz Joseph Koch
Dresden, worked 1915
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| Type | Details | Auction house | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violin | Two-piece back of faint medium curl, varnish of a plum red colour on a golden ground Lot 106 | Gardiner | March 2026 | £2,379est. Estimate £ 2,000-3,000 |
| Violin | Labelled Prof. F. J. Koch Dresden anno 1922 N° Z32, branded to the back below the button Koch Lot 114 | Tarisio | May 2025 | £2,484est. € 3.000-5.000 |
| Violin | Labelled Professor F. J. Koch, Dresden, # 297 1921, branded to the back under the button Koch Lot 109 | Tarisio | October 2024 | £1,973est. € 2.500-4.000 |
| Violin | Labelled Prof. F. J. Koch Dresden, anno 1923, No I/74, branded to the back below the button Koch Lot 63 | Tarisio | May 2024 | £3,044est. € 3.000-5.000 |
| Violin | A violin by Franz Joseph Koch, Dresden, 1923 Lot 185 | Amati | June 2022 | £3,034est. £ 1,500-2,500 |
| Violin | Labelled Prof. F.J. ..., after Maggini, double purfled, back decorated with floriate inlays Lot 65 | Brompton’s | June 2020 | £1,320est. £ 700-1,000 |
| Violin | A violin by Professor F. J. Koch, Dresden, 1922 Lot 87 | Amati | October 2018 | £2,402est. £ 1,000-2,000 |
| Violin | Labelled Prof. F.J. Koch, Nr. II/64, Originalkopie nach ... Lot 110 | Brompton’s | October 2018 | £1,800est. £ 1,200-1,800 |
| Violin | Bearing the original label Prof. F. J. Koch, Nr. l/684, Originalkopie nach: Stainer, a.d. ... Lot 217 | Brompton’s | October 2017 | £2,160est. £ 2,000-3,000 |
| Violin | Two-piece back of medium curl, ribs similar, table of fine grain, vanish of an orange brown colour Lot 40 | Dorotheum | June 2013 | £2,334est. € 4.000-5.000 |
| Violin | 36.0 cm Dresden, 1925 | — | May 2011 | £2,913 |
| Violin | 35.9 cm Dresden, 1923 | — | November 2008 | £1,297 |
| Violin | Dresden, 1923 | — | June 2008 | £883 |
| Violin | 35.8 cm Dresden, 1922 | — | February 2007 | £2,210 |
| Violin | 36.1 cm | — | February 2006 | £1,440 |
| Violin | Dresden, 1929 #356 | — | November 2005 | £1,105 |
| Violin | Dresden, 1925 #645 | — | November 2005 | £395 |
| Violin | Dresden, 1925 | — | May 2005 | £1,832 |
| Violin | 1925 | — | July 2003 | £1,800 |
| Violin | 1920 | — | November 2001 | £1,725 |
| Violin | 1929 | — | September 1999 | £1,400 |
| Violin | 1920 | — | February 1998 | £693 |
| Violin | 1927 | — | June 1988 | £715 |
| Violin | 1922 | — | November 1986 | £308 |
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Biographies
The overview above is drawn from the following published accounts. Read them in the original:
John Dilworth+
KOCH, Franz Joseph Worked circa. 1915 Dresden Germany. Devised a method of wood impregnation which he believed to be a recreation of the Cremonese method. Treated instruments given the title ‘Homogeneous Stringed Instruments’. Classical models, some with aged and shaded varnish. Prof. F. J. Koch Dresden. / Anno 1922. No. 534.
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