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Karel Pilar

Highest auction price

£805

Auction price history
Type Details Sold Price
Violin 1935 Sat 1st November 1997 £805
Biographies

John Dilworth

PILAR, Karel Born 1899, Worked circa. 1927 Kradni Králové Czech Republic. Apprenticed to his uncle Antonin Pilar (I), above, in Berlin. Worked for O. Spidlen in Prague, 1919-1921, and J. Vedral in The Hague 1922-1924. Established independently in Kradni Králové from 1924. Fine accurate work on classical Italian models. Excellent materials. Karel Pilar houslar / v Kradni Králové / Roku 1927 (set within a soundhole shaped cartouche) [Pilar]

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