Ernest TORR
Highest auction price
£597
Auction price history
Type | Details | Sold | Price |
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Violin | Labelled Ernest Torr, Liverpool 1924 | Sat 1st June 2024 | £414 |
Violin | Liverpool, 1924 [Possibly by] | Mon 1st March 2004 | £597 |
Biographies
John Dilworth
TORR, Ernest Born 1871, d. after 1927 Liverpool UK. Self-taught maker from 1903. Worked for G. Byrom in Liverpool 1920-1921. Completed over 100 violins, seven violas, and five cellos on Guarneri, Stradivari, and personal models. Varnish of orange and red-brown colour. Some with antique shaded finish. Ernest Torr / Liverpool, 1927 [Henley]
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