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August RIECHERS

Highest auction price

£2,526

Auction price history
Type Details Sold Price
Violin Berlin, 1925 c. #550 Tue 1st November 2005 £2,526
Violin Bow S/E 61 g. Tue 1st November 2005 £2,526
Violin 1875 c. Sat 1st September 2001 £548
Violin 1879 Mon 1st March 1993 £1,495
Violin 1879 Fri 1st November 1991 £1,430
Violin 1879 Mon 1st May 1989 £1,100
Violin 1872 c. Sun 1st May 1988 £990
Violin Bow S/E 62 g. Mon 1st March 1982 £214
Biographies

John Dilworth

RIECHERS, August Born 1836 Hanover, died 1893 Berlin Germany. Violin and bow maker. Son of Reichers of Hanover, above. One of the best 19th century German makers. Apprenticed to C. F. Ficker in Markneukirchen, worked with Bausch in Leipzig, and established independently in Hanover 1862. Moved to Berlin 1872 on the advice of the violinist Joachim. Appointed luthier to the Hochschule, Berlin. Credited with around 2,000 violins and 200 cellos. Stradivari and Guarneri models. Followed Bagatella’s notes, using spirit varnish exclusively. Fine work and materials. Highly regarded restorer with wide experience of classical work. Author of Die Geige und ihr Bau’(Gottingen, 1892). Bows branded: A. RIECHERS. Early instruments branded: ‘A. Riechers Hannover’. Printed labels: August Riechers fecit / Berlin No. 346 AR August Riechers fecit / Hannover anno 1874

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