Joseph Puskas

Highest auction price

£2,054

Auction price history

Type	Details	Sold	Price
Viola	41.4 cm Los Angeles, 1970	Wed 1st December 2010	£1,292
Violin	35.7 cm Los Angeles, 1973	Wed 1st December 2010	£1,140
Violin	35.6 cm Los Angeles, 1978	Tue 1st December 2009	£1,325
Viola	40.3 cm 1970	Tue 1st September 1998	£2,054
Violin	1970	Sun 1st February 1998	£1,732

Biographies

John Dilworth

PUSKAS, Joseph Born 1913 Hungary, d. after 1970 West Park, Ohio USA. Pupil of Paulus Pilat 1938-1941. Established in New York before moving to Los Angeles 1947. Stradivari and Guarneri models initially. Later developed a personal model. Similarly early violas on Gaspar da Salò model. Later instruments to a personal model. Spirit varnish up until 1970; subsequently used an oil formulation. Mostly local materials since 1954. About 150 instruments completed. Branded externally: ‘Joseph Puskas’ [Wenberg]