Marcel Vatelot
Highest auction price
£4,800
Auction price history
| Type | Details | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violin | 35.5 cm Paris, 1926 | Sun 1st July 2007 | £4,800 |
| Viola | 42.6 cm 1950 | Tue 1st May 2001 | £2,340 |
| Violin | 1942 | Thu 1st March 2001 | £1,800 |
Biographies
John Dilworth
VATELOT, Marcel Born 1884 Nogent-sur-Marne, died 1970 Paris France. Parents from Mirecourt. Great grandson of Blaise, a Lorraine violin maker. Apprenticed to E. Poirson in Mirecourt and worked in other Mirecourt workshops up to 1899. Moved to Paris to work for C. Brugère and later Marchand. Briefly employed at Nantes. Established his own business in Paris in 1910 at 11 rue de Portalis. Quickly gathered a reputation as the best expert and connoisseur in Paris. Appointed luthier to the Ecole Normale de Musique, Paris, 1926. Aided by his son and successor Etienne (Born 1925), who took over the business officially in 1959. The shop continues in the present day as Vatelot-Rampal. Very fine work on Stradivari models with distinctive varnish of golden-orange to dark red. Violas and cellos particularly sought after. Marcel Vatelot Luthier / A Paris. Année 1920
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