George W. Lyon

Auction price history

Highest auction price

£1,471

Type	Details	Sold	Price
Violin	35.8 cm Chicago, 1913 [Made for the firm of]	December 2011	£425
Cello	76.3 cm [Made for]	December 2011	£1,315
Violin	35.5 cm 1920 c.	November 2011	£1,330
Violin Bow	S/E 59.0 g.	May 2011	£801
Violin	35.8 cm 1920 [Made for the firm of]	December 2010	£380
Violin	35.8 cm Mirecourt, 1906	December 2010	£760
Violin Bow	S/E 61.0 g. [Made for the firm of]	December 2009	£1,177
Violin	36.0 cm Mirecourt, 1920 c. [Made for the firm of]	December 2009	£957
Violin	36.0 cm 1930 c. [Made for the firm of]	February 2009	£1,471
Violin	35.7 cm [Firm of]	February 2009	£1,389
Violin	36.4 cm German origin [Made for]	June 2008	£530
Violin	36.3 cm 1920 c. [Made for]	May 2007	£147
Violin	35.4 cm Chicago, 192	February 2006	£928
Violin	35.8 cm Chicago, 1920 c.	February 2006	£663
Violin	Chicago, 1900 c.	February 2005	£394
Violin Bow	S/E 62 g. [Made by "W.E. Hill & Sons" "S.B. Yeoman"]	October 2001	£1,064
Violin	1927	June 1993	£1,320
Violin Bow	S/E 57 g.	June 1990	£308

Biographies

John Dilworth

LYON, George W. Worked from 1864 Chicago, Illinois USA. Founder of Lyon & Healy, a general music shop, in partnership with Patrick J. Healy 1864. Financed by Oliver Ditson of Boston. The violin department operated from 1888 to 1967 employing many distinguished craftsmen. Annual catalogues Lyon & Healy Rare Old Violins are a valuable archive of fine instruments, published 1890-1925. Similarly the Hawley Collection of Violins (1904) is a collectible edition and important source book. The shop also distributed the Whitelaw violin varnish made by James Whitelaw in Glasgow, popular with many early 20th century makers. [Wenberg]