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(Vasic, Vasitch) Nicholas Vasich

Baltimore, b. 1891

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. — John Dilworth

Worked Baltimore
Made Cello, Violin
Taught by Bela Truppel
Viola by Nicholas Vasich, Baltimore, 1952
Violin by (Vasic, Vasitch) Nicholas Vasich. Sold by Amati — from the archive.

Instruments

Auction Price History

Highest auction price

£6,610

6 results

Type Details Auction house Sold Price
Violin35.9 cm Baltimore, 1950November 2011£2,255
Violin35.7 cm Baltimore, 1954July 2011£6,610
Violin35.9 cm Baltimore, 1944July 2010£1,538
Cello74.4 cm Baltimore, 1930May 2009£2,329
ViolinBaltimore, 1936October 2004£827
Violin1956June 1985£1,023

Biographies

The overview above is drawn from the following published accounts. Read them in the original:

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’

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