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Jacob Steinert

STEINERT, Jacob 19th century Germany. Almost certainly commercial work with false labels, one of the many variant spellings of Jacob Stainer used for misleading purpose. Jacob Steinert / ad modum Cremonens fecit — John Dilworth

Auction Price History

Highest auction price

£204,000

6 results

Type Details Auction house Sold Price
Labelled Jacobus St..., bearing its original neck Lot 224October 2018£70,800est. £ 60,000-90,000
Labelled Jacobus Stainer in Absam, propè Oenipontum 1659, top an 18th century replacement Lot 174June 2018£94,400est. £ 80,000-120,000
Labelled Jacobus Stainer in Absam, propè Oenipontum 1658, head later Lot 188October 2017£66,000est. £ 70,000-100,000
Labelled Jacobus Stainer, in Absam, prope Oenipontum, 167. Lot 146November 2012£23,406est. $ 30,000-50,000
Literature: W. Senn & K. Roy, Jacob Stainer; W. Hamma, Geigenbauer Der Deutschen Schule Lot 188November 2012£151,361est. $ 200,000-300,000
Bearing the label Jacobus Stainer in Absom ..., finely carved lion head finial, slightly modified in size Lot 129October 2012£204,000est. £ 60,000-100,000

Biographies

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John Dilworth+

STEINERT, Jacob 19th century Germany. Almost certainly commercial work with false labels, one of the many variant spellings of Jacob Stainer used for misleading purpose. Jacob Steinert / ad modum Cremonens fecit

Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+

Eine in meiner Sammlung befindliche vogtländische Geige mit weitjähriger Decke, Buchenholzboden, gelbem Lack, ohne Einlagen, die aus dem Besitze des Dichters Mathias Claudius stammt, trägt den folgenden geschriebenen Zettel. Ob ein Jacob Steinert wirklich gelebt hat, oder ob Jacob Stainer der Taufpathe der Geige war, will ich nicht entscheiden.

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