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David Tecchler

Highest auction price

£552,000

Auction price history
Type Details Sold Price
Violin 35.7 cm 1932 [Probably by] Wed 1st June 2011 £1,653
Violin 35.6 cm Rome, 1715 Tue 1st March 2011 £102,000
Cello 74.5 cm Rome, 1701 Fri 1st October 2010 £552,000
Cello 75.4 cm Rome, 1750 c. Thu 1st April 2010 £47,136
Violin 35.5 cm Rome, 1720 c. Thu 1st April 2010 £82,488
Cello 77.2 cm Rome, 1730 c. (later Italian scroll) Thu 1st October 2009 £324,000
Violin 35.3 cm 18th C. [Attributed to] [Lit.] Sun 1st March 2009 £11,250
Violin 1800 c. [Attributed to] Tue 1st November 2005 £4,800
Cello Rome, 1703 (bass rib replaced) Tue 1st November 2005 £152,770
Violin Rome, 17.. Wed 1st June 2005 £22,540
Violin mid-18th C. [Ascribed to] Sun 1st May 2005 £14,400
Violin Rome, mid-19th C. [Attributed to] Sat 1st May 2004 £2,573
Violin Rome, 1709 Mon 1st March 2004 £47,800
Violin 1710 Fri 1st June 2001 £29,900
Cello 1717 Wed 1st November 2000 £170,423
Violin 1705 Thu 1st October 1998 £13,800
Violin 1705 Wed 1st October 1997 £17,250
Violin 1722 Sat 1st March 1997 £18,975
Violin 17-- Wed 1st June 1994 £49,900
Violin 1720 c. Sun 1st November 1992 £30,800
Violin 1741 Sun 1st November 1992 £41,800
Cello 1723 Fri 1st November 1991 £187,000
Violin 17-- Thu 1st March 1990 £16,500
Cello 1706 Wed 1st March 1989 £60,500
Violin 1711 Wed 1st April 1987 £22,000
Biographies

John Dilworth

TECCHLER, David Born circa. 1666 Lechbruck, Füssen Germany, d.c.1747 Rome Italy. The Tecchler family in Füssen were neighbours of the Socher family: Giovanni and Giacomo Socher were recorded as luthiers in Rome c.1650. David Tecchler was himself active in Rome from 1696 where he was probably apprenticed to Alberto Platner. Established from 1698 in the parish of S. Lorenzo in Damaso. From 1699-1711 he was living near the Biagio della Fossa, whilst keeping a separate workshop at 16 Via dei Leutari up until 1703. In 1720 he is found in a different parish, that of SS. Celso e Giuliano, and in 1730 he moved again but within the same parish. The earliest known work is a cello with a manuscript label of 1697, a pochette of 1698, and a violin dated 1699. Tecchler’s violins are in the dominant Stainer style of the period. The violins are very sophisticated, the arching not exaggerated, and the details conscientiously handled. The soundholes are rather Amatisé, with softly rounded nicks set very low on the table giving an awkwardly long stop length. The varnish is of excellent quality; pale golden colour later darkening to shades of red-brown. The scroll is very Germanic with a tendency towards an extended last turn; very well poised and neatly finished. Rather narrow across the eyes and slightly cramped in appearance from front or back. Locating pins are invariably placed at the ends of the plates within the purfling boundary. Beech wood is extensively used for the purfling and interior. Tecchler’s cellos are his most significant work. He famously admitted on the label of one viola of 1743 that it was only the third such instrument he had made. But his cellos are magnificent and frequently encountered. Built on large proportions (many have since been cut down) they have an impressively full arching to match, although with a deep and narrow channel all around the edge. The soundholes are usually set upright and widely spaced and are very elegantly cut. The fronts are generally of good straight spruce. The backs and sides are often of dark coloured ‘oppio’ maple with characteristic small interlocking rippled figure. The varnish is deep orange-brown, generally quite closely integrated to the surface of the wood and often highly crackled, contributing to the magnificently rich appearance of these instruments. The National Museum of Rome also has a charming mandolin dated 1726. David Tecchler Liutaro / fecit Romae Anno 1703 David Tecchler / Fecit Rome, Anno Dn 1722 David Dechler fecit Rom. 1710 David Techler fecit an Dn 1743 / la mia terza viola e aetatis suae 77 [Lebet, Bletschacher]

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