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Johann Gottfried (II) REICHEL

Highest auction price

£1,080

Auction price history
Type Details Sold Price
Violin 35.6 cm Absam, 1786 [Probably by] Sat 1st October 2011 £1,080
Biographies

John Dilworth

Johann Gottfried (II) Born 1759, died 1819. Son and pupil of Johann Gottfried Reichel (I), above. Admitted to the luthiers guild 1771. Neat workmanship on high-arched Tyrolean model. Unprepossessing scroll, slightly mean and cramped. Pale golden-yellow varnish. False claims to Cremonese authority on his labels. Johann Gottfried Reichel / Cremonien Hieronimi Fili / Antoni Nepos. 1780

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