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August RIECHERS

Auction price history

Highest auction price

£2,526

Type Details Sold Price
Violin Berlin, 1925 c. #550 November 2005 £2,526
Violin Bow S/E 61 g. November 2005 £2,526
Violin 1875 c. September 2001 £548
Violin 1879 March 1993 £1,495
Violin 1879 November 1991 £1,430
Violin 1879 May 1989 £1,100
Violin 1872 c. May 1988 £990
Violin Bow S/E 62 g. 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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