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Carl Gottlob Schuster

worked 1830–1860

Large Stradivari model. Medium arching with golden-brown varnish. One example in the Bach Museum in Eisenach. Founded the company which under the direction of Raymond and Ulrich Schuster, below, became Schuster Gebrüder. — John Dilworth

Auction Price History

Highest auction price

£2,428

4 results

Type Details Auction house Sold Price
ViolinTwo-piece back of faint medium broad curl, varnish of a light reddish brown colour on a golden ground Lot 3405Gardiner HoulgateJune 2025£1,037est. £ 900-1,200
ViolinLabelled Carl Gottlob Schuster. jun, Markneukirchen 1909 Lot 70TarisioJune 2023£2,428est. € 2.000-3.000
ViolinTwo-piece back of medium curl, varnish of a light reddish brown colour on a golden ground Lot 2430Gardiner HoulgateMarch 2022£864est. £ 700-1,000
ViolinLabelled Carl Gottlob Schuster Jun, Markneukirchen 1929 Lot 224Brompton’sJune 2013£2,280est. £ 1,500-2,200

Biographies

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John Dilworth+

Carl Gottlob Worked circa. 1830-1860 Markneukirchen. Large Stradivari model. Medium arching with golden-brown varnish. One example in the Bach Museum in Eisenach. Founded the company which under the direction of Raymond and Ulrich Schuster, below, became Schuster Gebrüder. Henley gives dates a century earlier and provides a label of 1741: Carl Gottlob Schuster Violinmacher in Neukirchen, 1741 Gebaut nach physikalischen Gesetzen / mit abgestimmten Resonanzplatten / von Carl Gottlob Schuster jun. / Markneukirchen, im Jahre ..

Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+

Eine der angesehensten Firmen ihres Orts. Die jetzigen Inhaber Raimund und Ulrich Schuster, die vorher nach ihren Modellen und Angaben bei verschiedenen Meistern arbeiten liessen, errichteten 1895 eine eigene Geigenbau-Werkstätte, in der u. A. musterhaft gearbeitete Geigen nach Dr. Grossmann’s Theorie hergestellt werden.

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