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Francois VIAL

Highest auction price

£8,078

Auction price history
Type Details Sold Price
Violin 35.6 cm Monaco, 1913 Wed 1st June 2011 £3,000
Violin 35.8 cm Monaco, 1931 Wed 1st December 2010 £8,078
Cello 1903 Mon 1st June 1987 £3,740
Biographies

John Dilworth

VIAL, François Born 1876 Menton France, Worked circa. 1902-1910 Monaco Pupil of T. Hüfner. Established professionally in Monaco from 1902. Gold medal awarded in Brussels 1910 for a quartet. Stradivari-derived model. Good workmanship. Signed internally: ‘Fait par François Vial / Luthier à Monaco / année 19.. F. Vial’ [Vannes]

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