Josef Vedral

Highest auction price

£10,200

Auction price history

Type	Details	Sold	Price
Cello	76.0 cm The Hague, 1911	Sun 1st March 2009	£10,200
Violin		Mon 1st November 2004	£1,800
Violin Bow	S/E 59 g.	Sat 1st November 2003	£900
Violin	1936	Thu 1st November 2001	£3,680
Violin Bow	S/E 60 g.	Mon 1st November 1999	£690
Violin Bow	S/E 62 g.	Sat 1st June 1985	£396

Biographies

John Dilworth

VEDRAL, Josef Born 1883 Paseky, Pisek Czech Republic, died 1965 The Hague Netherlands. Pupil of his brother-in-law B. Patocka to 1900. Worked with J. Cermak in Kutná Hore and A. Pilar in Berlin. Moved to the Netherlands, working for Karel van der Meer in Amsterdam until 1906, then for P. Kunze in The Hague. Took over the workshop of A. van Welsenesovi in the Hague 1908. Several skilled assistants including J. Stüber, J. Musil, L. Blitz, and L. Krumbholtz. Also joined by two sons, Nicolaas and Josef (II) who succeeded to the business after the premature death of Nicolaas in 1984. Highly regarded restorer and connoisseur. Instruments on classical Cremonese models and Guadagnini. Joseph Joachim Vedral Luthier / fecit ‘s Hage Anno 1911 [Pilar, NGV]