Gustave Eugene Villaume
Nancy, b. 1899
Pupil of Mougenot and Jacquet Gand in Mirecourt. Worked for Caressa and Français in Paris, and Jacquot in Nancy. First prizes awarded in Mirecourt 1911, 1912, and 1913. Guarneri model. Fine oil varnish in appropriate shades. Medaille d’Argent / Mirecourt 1913. Année 19.. — John Dilworth
Worked
Nancy
Made
Viola, Viola Bow, Violin, Violin Bow
Auction Price History
Highest auction price
£16,905
121 results
| Type | Details | Auction house | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violin | Labelled Gustave Villaume 9, Place du Marché - Nancy Année 1928 Médaille d'Argent Mirecourt 1913 Lot 84 | Tarisio | March 2026 | £2,429est. Estimate $ 3,000-5,000 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label n. 177 and brands under the button, fair condition Lot 164 | — | December 2025 | £3,289est. € 3.000-3.500 |
| Violin | Unvarnished Lot 2051 | — | December 2025 | £1,427est. € 500-600 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's brand, unvarnished Lot 2066 | — | December 2025 | £1,646est. € 500-600 |
| Violin | Unvarnished Lot 2074 | — | December 2025 | £1,427est. € 500-600 |
| Violin | Unvarnished Lot 2202 | — | December 2025 | £1,413est. € 500-600 |
| Viola | Unvarnished Lot 2268 | — | December 2025 | £1,756est. € 700-800 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label n. 67 and signature, good condition Lot 620 | — | December 2025 | £3,956est. € 1.500-2.000 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label n. 18 and signature, woman head, decored back, good condition Lot 625 | — | December 2025 | £1,131est. € 1.000-1.500 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label and brands to the back and under the button, table crack Lot 716 | — | December 2025 | £1,209est. € 1.000-1.200 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label n. 34 and signature, good condition Lot 725 | — | December 2025 | £3,846est. € 1.500-2.000 |
| Violin | Two-piece back, varnish of an orange brown colour on a golden ground, blemishes, in need of restoration Lot 181 | — | April 2025 | £320est. € 300-400 |
| Violin | Labelled Gustave Villaume Année 1947 Nancy No. SA Trois premieres prix aux Cours professionnels ... Lot 139 | Tarisio | November 2024 | £3,535est. $ 3,000-5,000 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label and brand under the button, good condition Lot 162 | Laurent | June 2024 | £3,085est. € 2.000-3.000 |
| Violin | Two-piece back of little horizontal curl, varnish of an orange brown colour on a golden ground Lot 10 | Millon & A. | May 2024 | £3,097est. € 1.800-2.000 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label and brand under the button, two-piece back, original bridge Lot 132 | — | December 2023 | £2,379est. € 1.200-1.500 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label and brand under the button, fair condition Lot 71 | — | November 2023 | £3,337est. € 1.500-2.000 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label and brand under the button, mint and playing condition Lot 1 | — | June 2023 | £3,113est. € 1.000-1.200 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label and brand under the button, in excellent and playing condition Lot 32 | — | June 2023 | £2,560est. € 1.200-1.500 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label n. 539 and brand, fair condition Lot 51 | — | June 2023 | £2,992est. € 2.500-3.000 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label n. 176 and brand under the button, fair condition Lot 767 | — | May 2023 | £2,907est. € 1.500-2.000 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label n. 624, fair condition Lot 655 | — | November 2022 | £2,280est. € 1.500-2.000 |
| Cello | Bearing the maker's label and brand under the button, fair condition Lot 105 | — | June 2022 | £16,905est. € 9.000-10.000 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label and brand under the button, fair condition Lot 2 | — | June 2022 | £3,170est. € 2.000-2.500 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label and brand under the button, good condition Lot 56 | — | June 2022 | £2,958est. € 2.000-2.500 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label n. 334 and brand, table worm Lot 2062 | — | May 2022 | £1,379est. € 400 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label, fair condition Lot 319 | — | December 2021 | £2,639est. € 1.500-2.000 |
| Violin | Labelled Médaille d'argent ..., two-piece back, varnish of a red brown colour on a golden ground Lot 15 | — | November 2021 | £2,112est. € 1.500-2.000 |
| Violin | Labelled Médaille d'Argent, Mirecourt 1913, Gustave Villaume, 9 place du Marché Nancy, année 1932 Lot 104 | — | June 2021 | £4,200est. £ 2,000-3,000 |
| Violin | Labelled Hors Séries, Trois premiers prix, aux cours professionnels, Mirecourt 1911-12-13, médaille ... Lot 113 | — | June 2021 | £2,520est. £ 2,500-4,000 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label and signature, ribs worm, fingerboard missing Lot 761 | — | June 2021 | £1,100est. € 800-1.000 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label and brand under the button, good condition Lot 174 | — | December 2020 | £2,128est. € 2.000-3.000 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label and brand, minor table crack Lot 802 | — | December 2020 | £2,224est. € 1.500-2.000 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's brand to the back, two-piece back, in need of restoration, blocks and linings missing Lot 56 | — | November 2020 | £377est. € 250-300 |
| Violin | Labelled Gustave Vuillaume à ..., one-piece back, varnish of an orange brown colour on a golden ground Lot 105 | — | July 2020 | £1,953est. € 1.700-2.000 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label and brand under the button, back and neck blemishes Lot 820 | — | July 2020 | £865 |
| Violin | Labelled Gustave Villaume, Nancy 1943 No. 51, f-hole crack Lot 266 | — | March 2020 | £3,120est. £ 3,000-5,000 |
| Violin | Stainer model, bearing the maker's label and brand, good condition Lot 359 | — | November 2019 | £1,231est. € 1.000-1.500 |
| Violin | Guarneri del Gesù model, bearing the maker's label n. 757, good condition Lot 372 | — | November 2019 | £2,051est. € 2.000-3.000 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label n. 102 and brand below the button, table restoration Lot 410 | — | November 2019 | £2,154est. € 1.500-2.000 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label and brand below the button, table cracks Lot 760 | — | November 2019 | £1,027est. € 1.000 |
| Violin | Labelled Gustave Villaume, année 1935 Nancy no. 352, trois premiers prix, au cours professionnels ... Lot 134 | — | October 2019 | £2,520est. £ 2,000-3,000 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label n. 66 and brand, good condition Lot 272 | — | June 2019 | £3,188est. € 2.000-3.000 |
| Violin Bow | Silver mounted, octagonal stick, later nickel button, lift just behind the back of head on top of the shaft Lot 11 | — | May 2019 | £480est. £ 400-600 |
| Violin | Guarneri model, labelled Gustave VUILLAUME à NANCY ..., two-piece back, varnish of a golden brown colour Lot 149 | — | May 2019 | £969est. € 800-1.200 |
| Violin | Labelled J.P. Beuscher, Luthier, a Paris - 66, avenue de la Motte-Picquet, branded Gustave Villaume A ... Lot 247 | — | March 2019 | £1,770est. £ 1,500-2,000 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label n. 256 and brand under the button, good condition Lot 303 | — | December 2018 | £1,924est. € 2.000-2.500 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label n. 286 and brand, table cracks, bass bar crack, back and table blemishes Lot 721 | — | December 2018 | £748est. € 500 |
| Violin | Giuseppe Guarneri model, two-piece back, varnish of an orange brown colour, good condition Lot 27 | — | November 2018 | £1,280est. € 1.200-1.500 |
| Violin | Two-piece back, varnish of a red brown colour, seam back open, wear and cracks, neck worm Lot 227 | — | June 2018 | £792est. € 600-800 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label n. 290 and brand under the button, good condition Lot 354 | — | June 2018 | £2,208est. € 1.500-2.000 |
| Violin | Guarneri copy, two-piece back, varnish of an orange brown colour on a golden ground Lot 58 | — | June 2018 | £2,746est. € 1.800-2.200 |
| Violin | Stainer model, bearing the maker's label and brand, good condition Lot 865 | — | June 2018 | £1,156est. € 1.200 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label and brand, fingerboard missing, good condition Lot 918 | — | June 2018 | £1,051est. € 1.000 |
| Violin | Two-piece back, varnish of an orange brown colour on a golden ground, table minor crack Lot 38 | — | March 2018 | £3,418est. € 1.500-2.000 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label and brand below the button, neck blemish Lot 16 | — | November 2017 | £2,640est. € 1.200-1.500 |
| Violin Bow | Nickel mounted, round stick stamped Gustave Villaume, ebony frog, without hair, leather lapping Lot 129 | — | October 2016 | £864est. £ 600-800 |
| Violin | Labelled Trois Premiers Prix aux Cours Professionnels, Mirecourt 1911-12-13 ..., excellent condition Lot 66 | — | June 2016 | £3,000est. £ 2,000-3,000 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label n. 292 and brand to the talon, good condition Lot 174 | — | December 2015 | £1,704est. € 1.000-1.500 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label n. 190 and brand, good condition Lot 18 | — | December 2015 | £1,193est. € 1.500-2.000 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label n° 302 and brand under the button, good condition Lot 366 | — | June 2015 | £3,066est. € 1.200-1.500 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label and brand to the nut, good condition Lot 916 | — | December 2014 | £1,615est. € 1.200 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label and brand, good condition Lot 928 | — | December 2014 | £808est. € 800 |
| Violin | Labelled Granier, Luthier, Marseille Année 1933, branded to the label 97 Lot 128 | — | October 2014 | £3,300est. £ 2,000-3,000 |
| Violin | Labelled Granier, Luthier, Marseille Année 1933, branded to the label 97 Lot 110 | — | June 2014 | £4,500est. £ 2,000-3,000 |
| Violin | Labelled Gustave Villaume, Nancy, Annee 1953, No ..., branded to the button Gustave Villaume, Nancy Lot 282 | — | June 2014 | £1,486est. $ 3,000-5,000 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label internally and brand to the back, good condition Lot 3 | — | June 2014 | £1,935est. € 1.500-1.800 |
| Violin | Labelled Gustave Villaume, Annee 1953, Nancy, No. 538, branded Gustave Villaume a Nancy Lot 255 | — | February 2014 | £3,240est. $ 3,000-5,000 |
| Violin | Labelled Gustave Villaume, Annee 1938, Nancy ..., front and back loose from ribs, minor repairs to table Lot 25 | — | December 2013 | £420est. £ 400-600 |
| Double Bass | Bearing the maker's label and brand, many restorations, neck blemish Lot 456 | — | December 2013 | £6,171est. € 2.000-3.000 |
| Violin | Labelled Gustave Villaume, Année 1939, Nancy, No. 45. Trois premiers prix aux Cours professionnels ... Lot 105 | — | October 2013 | £1,320est. £ 1,500-2,200 |
| Violin | One-piece back of broad curl, table of fine grain, varnish of a reddish brown colour on a golden ground Lot 569 | — | September 2013 | £1,500est. £ 800-1,200 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label and brand, good condition Lot 409 | — | June 2013 | £1,632est. € 1.000-1.500 |
| Violin | Jointed back of faint medium curl, table of fine width grain, varnish of a golden brown colour Lot 35 | — | May 2013 | £1,652est. £ 1,200-1,600 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label, table varnish blemish, otherwise good condition Lot 970 | — | December 2012 | £974est. € 800 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label and brand, good condition Lot 424 | — | June 2012 | £3,397est. € 2.000-3.000 |
| Violin | Bearing an original label dated 1937, signed on the label Lot 77 | — | June 2012 | £1,920est. £ 1,000-1,500 |
| Violin | 35.8 cm Nancy, 1934 | — | June 2011 | £2,976 |
| Violin | 35.6 cm Nancy, 1938 n°95 | — | June 2011 | £3,086 |
| Violin | 35.7 cm Nancy, 1928 n°136 | — | December 2010 | £1,657 |
| Violin | 35.8 cm Nancy, 1932 | — | June 2010 | £2,071 |
| Violin | 35.6 cm Nancy, 1959 n°869 | — | June 2010 | £1,346 |
| Violin | 35.6 cm Nancy, 1926 Workshop of | — | February 2010 | £2,117 |
| Violin | 35.7 cm Nancy, 1941 | — | December 2009 | £1,414 |
| Violin | 35.3 cm Nancy, 1928 | — | October 2009 | £2,040 |
| Violin | 36.0 cm Nancy, 1928 | — | June 2009 | £1,556 |
| Violin | 35.7 cm Nancy, 1930 | — | June 2009 | £1,141 |
| Violin | 35.7 cm Nancy , 1927 | — | March 2009 | £1,625 |
| Violin | 35.6 cm Nancy, 1927 | — | December 2008 | £2,252 |
| Violin | 36.0 cm Nancy, 1938 #112 | — | December 2008 | £1,024 |
| Violin | 35.7 cm Nancy, 1935 | — | March 2008 | £1,294 |
| Violin | 35.3 cm Nancy, 1933 | — | December 2007 | £1,872 |
| Violin | 36.7 cm Nancy, 1942, #501 | — | December 2007 | £409 |
| Violin | 35.7 cm Nancy, 1848, #834 | — | June 2007 | £1,443 |
| Violin | 35.7 cm Nancy, 1926 | — | June 2006 | £2,024 |
| Violin | 35.6 cm Nancy, 1935 | — | June 2006 | £1,133 |
| Violin | 35.9 cm Nancy, 1942 | — | June 2006 | £1,457 |
| Violin | Naacy, 1942 #481 | — | November 2005 | £1,579 |
| Violin | Nancy, 1932 | — | June 2005 | £1,570 |
| Violin | 1929 | — | December 2003 | £907 |
| Violin | 1934 | — | June 2003 | £2,312 |
| Violin | 1928 | — | June 2002 | £2,277 |
| Violin | 1935 | — | June 2002 | £1,335 |
| Violin | 1926 | — | December 2001 | £1,702 |
| Violin | 1931 | — | November 2001 | £1,277 |
| Violin | 1926 | — | May 2001 | £1,521 |
| Violin | 1935 | — | March 2001 | £1,610 |
| Violin | 1900 c. | — | July 2000 | £1,200 |
| Viola | 40.2 cm 1943 | — | March 2000 | £2,300 |
| Violin | 1946 | — | March 2000 | £1,840 |
| Violin | 1944 | — | December 1999 | £885 |
| Viola Bow | S/E 71 g. | — | November 1999 | £1,035 |
| Violin | 1946 | — | November 1997 | £1,840 |
| Violin | 1949 | — | June 1997 | £1,035 |
| Viola | 41.4 cm 1950 c. | — | June 1996 | £2,530 |
| Viola Bow | S/E 70 g. | — | May 1993 | £953 |
| Violin Bow | N/E 60 g. | — | November 1992 | £462 |
| Violin | 19-6 | — | March 1988 | £750 |
| Violin | 1930 c. | — | October 1986 | £605 |
| Violin | 1929 | — | May 1986 | £1,012 |
| Violin | 1932 | — | September 1981 | £990 |
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Biographies
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John Dilworth+
VILLAUME, Gustave Eugène Born 1899 Mirecourt France. Pupil of Mougenot and Jacquet Gand in Mirecourt. Worked for Caressa and Français in Paris, and Jacquot in Nancy. First prizes awarded in Mirecourt 1911, 1912, and 1913. Guarneri model. Fine oil varnish in appropriate shades. Medaille d’Argent / Mirecourt 1913. Année 19.. / Gustave Villaume No. 113 / 9, Place du Marché Nancy
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