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Lawrence La May

Highest auction price

£1,262

Auction price history
Type Details Sold Price
Violin 35.5 cm Lexington, 1977 Tue 1st February 2011 £1,262
Biographies

John Dilworth

LA MAY, Lawrence Worked circa. 1959 Madison, Wisconsin, died 1978 Lexington, Kentucky USA. Studied violin making in Chicago. Worked briefly in San Antonio, Texas and established in Madison, Wisconsin from c.1959. Retired to Lexington 1970 but continued making. Over 200 instruments including cellos and basses, some possibly imported from Germany and finished in the workshop. Also made bows, branded: L. LA MAY [Wenberg]

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