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Franz Georg ROST

Highest auction price

£3,520

Auction price history

Type	Details	Sold	Price
Violin	35.7 cm Dusseldorf, 1896	Fri 1st October 2010	£2,185
Violin	1923	Mon 1st March 1993	£1,100
Violin	1913	Fri 1st June 1990	£1,320
Viola	42.2 cm 1938	Fri 1st June 1990	£3,520
Viola	42.2 cm 1938	Fri 1st September 1989	£1,980
Violin	1953	Tue 1st November 1988	£440
Violin	1930	Sun 1st November 1987	£1,650
Viola	41.9 cm 1937	Mon 1st December 1986	£1,650
Violin	1934	Tue 1st October 1985	£1,265
Violin	1902	Wed 1st May 1985	£989
Violin	1902-3	Fri 1st October 1982	£968

Biographies

John Dilworth

ROST, Franz Georg Born 1869 Jöhstadt Germany, d.c.1960 London UK. Apprenticed to August Voigt in Markneukirchen 1883-1886. Worked for Paulus in Leipzig, Hammig in Dresden, Louis Otto in Düsseldorf, Laumann in Budapest, and Zimmermann in Leipzig. Established own workshop in London 1903-1922, before moving to New York to work for Wurlitzer 1923-1928, living in Astoria, Long Island. Returned to London in 1928, working in Lexington Street. Stradivari and Guarneri models. Fine workmanship. Orange to dark red soft oil varnish of his own making. Manuscript labels: Franz Georg Rost / 13 Amery Row, Brook St. / No. 6. London W. 1904 Franz Georg Rost / 238 Goldhawk Rd. Shepherd’s Bush, London, W. / 1923 Printed labels dated after 1934: Franz Georg Rost / 44 Lexington Street London. W.I. 1943