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(Vasic, Vasitch) Nicholas Vasich

Highest auction price

£6,610

Auction price history

Type	Details	Sold	Price
Violin	35.9 cm Baltimore, 1950	Tue 1st November 2011	£2,255
Violin	35.7 cm Baltimore, 1954	Fri 1st July 2011	£6,610
Violin	35.9 cm Baltimore, 1944	Thu 1st July 2010	£1,538
Cello	74.4 cm Baltimore, 1930	Fri 1st May 2009	£2,329
Violin	Baltimore, 1936	Fri 1st October 2004	£827
Violin	1956	Sat 1st June 1985	£1,023

Biographies

John Dilworth

VASICH (VASIC, VASITCH), Nicholas Born 1891 Zvornik Bosnia Herzegovina, d. after 1958 Baltimore, Maryland USA. Pupil of Bela Truppel in Novi Sad, Serbia before studying in Markneukirchen, Germany. Later worked for Jan Dvorak and D. Dimitrijevic in Prague. During World War I deserted from the Austrian Army and settled in St. Petersburg. (Wenberg also suggests a period spent in Shanghai and Manchukuo, China.) Emigrated to the USA 1924, working in Seattle, Washington. Established in Baltimore, Maryland 1933. Stradivari, Guarneri, and personal models. Also lower grade work modelled on Bergonzi and Guadagnini. Own balsam-oil varnish of chippy texture, often with shaded finish. Credited with about 350 violins in six different grades. Lesser work branded: ‘Vasich’. Better grades of work branded below button: ‘N.Vasich’