Emile Mennesson
Auction price history
Highest auction price
£8,740
| Type | Details | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label n. 132, minor table crack | December 2024 | £7,249 |
| Violin | May 2015 | £2,250 | |
| Violin | 35.5 cm Reims, 1876 n°484 | December 2011 | £5,495 |
| Violin | 35.6 cm Reims, 1877 n°578 | June 2011 | £2,755 |
| Violin | 35.8 cm Reims, 1885 n°1708 | June 2011 | £4,188 |
| Violin | 35.8 cm Reims, 1895 n°2775 | June 2011 | £3,306 |
| Violin | 35.6 cm Reims, 1877 n°864 [Worskhop of] | June 2011 | £1,433 |
| Violin | 35.7 cm Reims, 1886 | May 2011 | £8,740 |
| Violin | 35.7 cm Reims, 1879 n°10553 (soundpost crack) | December 2010 | £1,657 |
| Violin | 36.1 cm France, 1878 | December 2010 | £1,080 |
| Violin | 35.5 cm Reims, 1893 (soundpost crack) [Workshop of] | December 2010 | £1,036 |
| Violin | 35.6 cm Reims, 1875 n°694 [Workshop of] | June 2010 | £3,935 |
| Violin | 35.4 cm Reims, 1880 | April 2010 | £6,164 |
| Violin | 35.6 cm Reims, 1885 near mint condition | March 2010 | £3,360 |
| Violin | 35.8 cm Reims, 1880 c. | December 2009 | £2,285 |
| Violin | 35.7 cm | December 2009 | £2,176 |
| Violin | Mirecourt, late 19th C. sold by "Emile Menesson" | June 2009 | £363 |
| Violin | 35.6 cm Mirecourt, 1890 c. [Workshop of] | March 2009 | £1,755 |
| Violin | 35.9 cm Reims, 1899 #2538 | December 2008 | £4,095 |
| Violin | 35.7 cm Reims en 1878 (breaks on table) [Workshop of] | December 2008 | £1,536 |
| Violin | 35.8 cm Reims, 1889 n°2163 | December 2008 | £4,300 |
| Violin | 35.8 cm Reims, 1880 c. | June 2008 | £2,878 |
| Violin | 35.8 cm Reims, 1890 c. (restored soundpost crack) | June 2008 | £2,600 |
| Violin | 35.7 cm Reims, 1887 (restored head & sound post crack)) | December 2007 | £2,723 |
| Violin | 35.6 cm Reims, 1875 | October 2007 | £2,285 |
| Violin | 35.8 cm Rheims, 1880 c. | June 2007 | £1,443 |
| Violin | 35.8 cm Paris, 1886 | May 2007 | £3,168 |
| Violin | 35.7 cm Reims, 1878, n°1460 (restored soundpost crack) | December 2006 | £3,995 |
| Violin | 35.9 cm Reims, 1881, n°1553 | June 2006 | £2,428 |
| Violin | 33.7 cm 3/4 Size [Workshop of] | February 2006 | £1,060 |
| Violin | Rheims, 1876 #306 | December 2005 | £878 |
| Violin | Reims, 1886 | November 2005 | £2,160 |
| Violin | Reims, 1893 #2605 | November 2005 | £1,737 |
| Violin | Reims, 1888 #1950 | December 2004 | £1,140 |
| Violin | 1898 | June 2004 | £1,346 |
| Violin | [Probably by] | May 2004 | £3,056 |
| Violin | 1874 | December 2003 | £2,391 |
| Violin | 1877 | December 2003 | £2,309 |
| Violin | 1903 | June 2003 | £3,000 |
| Violin | 1879 | June 2003 | £2,500 |
| Violin | 1888 | May 2003 | £3,680 |
| Cello | 1877 | June 2001 | £8,400 |
| Violin | 1898 | June 2001 | £2,723 |
| Violin | 1877 | May 2001 | £2,300 |
| Violin | 1878 | November 2000 | £2,640 |
| Violin | 1888 | June 2000 | £1,958 |
| Violin | 1887 | May 1998 | £1,265 |
| Violin | 1887 | July 1997 | £1,610 |
| Violin | 1884 | March 1997 | £2,530 |
| Violin | 1877 | March 1997 | £1,840 |
| Violin | 1878 | March 1997 | £1,208 |
| Violin | 1886 | March 1996 | £2,990 |
| Violin | 1878 | June 1995 | £3,105 |
| Violin | 1878 | March 1995 | £2,990 |
| Violin | 1883 | October 1994 | £1,725 |
| Violin | 1884 | March 1994 | £3,450 |
| Violin | 1876 | March 1994 | £1,760 |
| Violin | 1876 | November 1993 | £2,185 |
| Violin | 1870 | June 1993 | £1,320 |
| Violin | 1889 | November 1992 | £3,960 |
| Violin | 1878 | November 1992 | £2,804 |
| Violin | 1904 | July 1992 | £1,870 |
| Violin | 1870 | July 1989 | £396 |
| Violin Bow | S/E | May 1989 | £132 |
| Cello | 1886 | March 1988 | £4,400 |
| Cello | 1886 | March 1986 | £2,808 |
Biographies
John Dilworth
MENNESSON, Emile Born 1842, died 1920 Rheims France. Worked in Paris before employment with Martin and Joseph Guarini in Mirecourt where he later established his own extensive workshop 1876-1881, taking over the business of Guarini and using the name as a professional trade mark in good quality commercial instruments. Highly successful. Over 3,000 violins, violas, and cellos made with the Guarini label. Mostly modelled on Stradivari forms, the violins based on the 1716 Stradivari ‘Messie’ violin. Red or yellow-red varnish. Awarded medals and citations at various exhibitions. E. M. Joseph Guarini fecit (A) / Anno 1881. No. 1565 / Emile Mennesson, à Reims (Marne)/ Seul concessionare pour la France et l’étranger / Déposé Emile Mennesson dit Guarini / E.M. Luthier à Ste. Cécile à Reims / 2 Médailles d’or Décoration de l’Ordre Royal / du Christ de Portugal / Année 1886 No. 1903
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