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Carl August Otto

Highest auction price

£1,491

Auction price history
Type Details Sold Price
Violin Mon 21st May 2018 £850
Violin 35.3 cm 1853 Mon 1st June 2009 £1,491
Biographies

John Dilworth

Carl August Born 1801 Jena, died 1883 Ludwigslust Germany. Son and pupil of Jacob August, below. Established in Ludwigslust, Mecklenburg from 1832. Luthier to the Mecklenburg-Schwerin court. Some good work but also a great deal of commercial quality. Dark thin and opaque varnish. Hof-Instrumentenmacher / Carl Aug. Otto / Ludwigslust 1865 Carl August Otto/ Hof-Instrumentenmacher / in Ludwigslust, 1834

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