Max Mockel
Highest auction price
£3,120
Auction price history
| Type | Details | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violin | Mon 21st May 2018 | £358 | |
| Violin | Wed 29th October 2014 | £3 | |
| Violin | 35.7 cm 1914 | Sun 1st June 2008 | £3,120 |
| Cello | 75.9 cm Charlottenburg, 1905 | Thu 1st February 2007 | £2,640 |
| Violin | 1924 | Sat 1st November 1986 | £825 |
Biographies
John Dilworth
MÖCKEL, Max Born 1873, died 1937 Berlin Germany. Son and pupil of Oswald Möckel, below. Worked in Warsaw from 1897, then in Moscow, and c.1899-1902 in St. Petersburg. Returned to Berlin 1914 and established a business in Charlottenburg from 1920. Prolific maker on Stradivari and Guarneri models. Assisted in preparing his own oil varnish by a Russian chemist, Dr Golonin. Very refined work. Awards at Liège 1954. Author of Das Konstruktions gehemnis der alten Italienischen Meister (The Construction Secrets of old Italian Masters) (Berlin, 1925) and Die Kunst der Messung im Geigenbau (The Art of Geometry in Violin Making) (Berlin, 1935). Max Möckel Geigenmacher / St. Petersburg, anno 1902 Max Möckel / Berlin 1930 Max Möckel / Charlottenburg
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