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Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume

Highest auction price

£420,000

Auction price history

Type	Details	Sold	Price
Cello	Bearing the maker's label and brand, back and head cracks, table and back worm	Sat 1st June 2024	£87,218
Violin	Bearing the maker's brands to the table and back, numbered 2831, in excellent and playing condition	Sat 1st June 2024	£186,852
Violin Bow	Silver mounted, metallic stick, head blemish, otherwise very good condition	Sat 1st June 2024	£1,171
Cello Bow	Silver mounted, unhaired and unlapping, handle and head blemishes, frog and handle wear, frog crack	Sat 1st June 2024	£7,408
Violin	Labelled Jean Baptiste Vuillaume a Paris Rue Croix des Petits Champs	Wed 1st May 2024	£179,047
Violin	Illustrated in An Exhibition of the Work of J.B. Vuillaume by Sotheby's, London 2012, pp. 12-13	Fri 1st March 2024	£240,000
Violin	Labelled Jean Baptiste Vuillaume à Paris Rue Croix des Petits Champs, branded to the inside Vuillaume	Fri 1st March 2024	£178,183
Violin	Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù copy, original label and brands	Fri 1st March 2024	£133,605
Cello	Labelled Jean Baptiste Vuillaume à Paris, 3 rue Demours Ternes. JBV., numbered 2420, branded	Fri 1st March 2024	£420,000
Violin		Mon 30th July 2018	£90
Violin Bow		Wed 31st October 2012	£3,750
Violin	35.8 cm Paris, 1860 c. [Workshop of]	Tue 1st November 2011	£17,918
Violin	35.6 cm Paris, 1875 c. [showing the collaboration of "Nestor Audinot"]	Tue 1st November 2011	£41,350
Violin	35.9 cm 1850 c.	Sat 1st October 2011	£78,434
Violin	35.6 cm St. Cecile, France, 1861 [Worskhop of]	Sat 1st October 2011	£22,176
Violin Bow	S/E 59 g. Paris, 1870 c. (later frog & adjuster) [made by "F.N. Voirin"]	Sat 1st October 2011	£9,375
Violin	35.7 cm Paris, 1845 c.	Sat 1st October 2011	£103,250
Violin Bow	S/E 54.5 g. picture bow (button later) [Workshop of]	Fri 1st July 2011	£2,203
Cello	75.4 cm mid 19th C. [Ascribed to]	Wed 1st June 2011	£48,000
Cello	75.5 cm Paris, 1866 nÂ°2679	Wed 1st June 2011	£206,101
Violin	37.0 cm Paris, 1831 nÂ°239	Wed 1st June 2011	£29,758
Violin	35.5 cm [Ascribed to]	Sun 1st May 2011	£9,468
Violin	36.7 cm Paris, 1850 c.	Sun 1st May 2011	£43,701
Cello Bow	S/E 76 g. France, 1870 c.	Tue 1st March 2011	£6,875
Violin Bow	S/E 62.5 g. no winding, also branded "brevet d invention"	Wed 1st December 2010	£22,783
Violin Bow	S/E 55.5 g. with fine hair, without winding [Made by "Nicolas Maline"]	Wed 1st December 2010	£11,909
Violin	35.6 cm Paris, 1840 c.	Wed 1st December 2010	£80,777
Violin Bow	S/E 53 g. without hair [Workshop of]	Fri 1st October 2010	£3,347
Violin Bow	S/E 54 g. without hair [Workshop of]	Fri 1st October 2010	£12,643
Cello Bow	S/E 81.0 g. [Made by "Pierre Simon"]	Fri 1st October 2010	£18,922
Viola Bow	S/E 61.5 g. [Attributed to "Nicolas Maline"]	Fri 1st October 2010	£5,519
Violin Bow	G/E 56 g. (button later) [by "Charles Peccatte"]	Fri 1st October 2010	£6,000
Violin Bow	S/E 59 g. Paris, 1860 c.	Fri 1st October 2010	£3,500
Violin	35.6 cm Paris, 1865 c.	Fri 1st October 2010	£131,436
Viola Bow	S/E 66.5 g. Picture bow [Made by "F.N. Voirin"]	Tue 1st June 2010	£18,474
Violin Bow	S/E 56.5 g. Metal bow (frog & button probably original)	Tue 1st June 2010	£5,622
Violin Bow	S/E 57.5 g. [Workshop of & probably by "Jean Joseph Martin"]	Tue 1st June 2010	£6,426
Violin Bow	S/E 61.0 g. [Made by"Pierre Simon"]	Tue 1st June 2010	£24,096
Cello	75.8 cm 1828 c. [Probably by]	Thu 1st April 2010	£54,992
Violin Bow	S/E 57.5 g. [Made by "F.N. Voirin"	Thu 1st April 2010	£7,856
Violin	35.8 cm Paris, 1844 c. "1626"	Thu 1st April 2010	£78,560
Viola Bow	S/E 62.0 g. self-rehairing [Made by "D. Peccatte"] [Lit.]	Thu 1st April 2010	£36,982
Viola Bow	S/E 58.0 g. picture lens [Made by "Nicolas Voirin"]	Thu 1st April 2010	£10,684
Violin	35.9 cm Paris, Mid 19th C. [Ascribed to]	Thu 1st April 2010	£12,327
Violin	35.5 cm Paris, 1868 nÂ°2748	Mon 1st March 2010	£97,250
Violin Bow	S/E 50.5 g. [Attributed to the workshop of]	Mon 1st February 2010	£1,924
Violin Bow	N/E 53 g. (frog and button not original) [Made by 'Dominique Peccatte"]	Tue 1st December 2009	£32,642
Violin Bow	S/E 58.5 g. Paris, 1845 c. picture bow	Thu 1st October 2009	£13,450
Violin Bow	S/E 57.0 g. Metal stick, self-rehairing	Thu 1st October 2009	£2,400
Violin Bow	S/E 58.5 g. [Made by "F.N. Voirin"]	Thu 1st October 2009	£6,600
Violin Bow	S/E 64.0 g. [Made by "Pierre Simon"]	Thu 1st October 2009	£15,600
Violin	35.9 cm Paris, 1855 c.	Thu 1st October 2009	£75,000
Violin Bow	S/E 63 g. Paris, 1835 c. (later adustor) [Attributed to "Dominique Peccatte"]	Thu 1st October 2009	£21,250
Violin Bow	S/E 57.5 g. Paris, mid-19th C. Picture Bow	Thu 1st October 2009	£7,500
Violin Bow	S/E 51 g. picture bow, no hair	Thu 1st October 2009	£19,200
Violin	35.6 cm Paris, 1860 c. nÂ°2013	Thu 1st October 2009	£129,759
Violin Bow	S/E 57 g. originally self-rehairing (French frog & button later) [stick by "F.N. Voirin"]	Thu 1st October 2009	£4,370
Cello Bow	S/E 77 g. 1830 c. [Made by "Dominique Peccatte"]	Thu 1st October 2009	£23,735
Cello Bow	S/E 80 g. 1845 c. (button later) [made by "Nicolas Maline"]	Thu 1st October 2009	£9,494
Violin Bow	G/T 61.0 g. [Made bv "Jean Joseph Martin"] ex-Isaac Stern	Fri 1st May 2009	£16,192
Violin	35.8 cm Paris, 1855 c.	Fri 1st May 2009	£50,466
Cello Bow	S/E 77.5 g. (button later) [Workshop of]	Fri 1st May 2009	£4,270
Violin Bow	S/E 57.5 g. [Possibly by "J.J Martin"]	Fri 1st May 2009	£2,717
Violin Bow	S/E 63.5 g. [Attributed to "J.J. Martin"]	Sun 1st March 2009	£3,510
Violin	35.6 cm [Possibly worskhop of]	Sun 1st March 2009	£12,600
Violin Bow	57.5 g. Paris, 1840 c. picture bow [made by "Pierre Simon"]	Sun 1st March 2009	£9,375
Violin Bow	self-rehairing (later frog & button)	Mon 1st December 2008	£9,726
Violin Bow	S/E 64 g. Paris, 1870 c. [Probably by "Pierre Simon"]	Sat 1st November 2008	£5,189
Violin Bow	S/E 58 g. Paris, end of 19th C.	Sat 1st November 2008	£2,395
Cello	76.5 cm 1850 c. [Attributed to]	Sat 1st November 2008	£36,000
Violin	35.5 cm Paris, 1867 #2699	Sat 1st November 2008	£22,800
Violin Bow	G/T 60 g. (frog and button possibly later) [Workshop]	Wed 1st October 2008	£20,171
Violin	36.7 cm Paris, 1840 c. after "Maggini"	Wed 1st October 2008	£25,000
Violin Bow	S/E 58 g. Paris, 1860 c.	Wed 1st October 2008	£6,250
Violin Bow	S/E 62 g. [Workshop]	Wed 1st October 2008	£6,260
Viola	40.4 cm Paris, 1928 (restored soundpost break)	Sun 1st June 2008	£7,242
Violin	35.7 cm Paris, 1867 #2701	Sun 1st June 2008	£84,485
Viola Bow	S/E 69 g. Paris, 1870 c. [Probably by "J.J. Martin"]	Sun 1st June 2008	£2,668
Violin Bow	S/E 58.5 g. [Made by "Simon, Pierre"]	Thu 1st May 2008	£5,993
Violin Bow	G/E 62.0 g. (frog & button not original) [Made by "F.N. Voirin]	Thu 1st May 2008	£4,795
Violin Bow	S/E 58.5 g. (button not original) [Made by "Maline Nicolas"]	Thu 1st May 2008	£7,192
Violin Bow	S/E 67 g. [Made by "Nicolas Maline"]	Thu 1st May 2008	£9,032
Violin Bow	S/E 54 g. [Made by "J.J. Martin"]	Tue 1st April 2008	£6,666
Cello Bow	S/E 76.5 g. Paris, 1860 c. 'Picture' Bow (later adjustor) [Lit: The Cooper Collection]	Sat 1st March 2008	£8,750
Violin Bow	S/E 58 g. Paris, 1870 c.	Sat 1st March 2008	£5,625
Violin Bow	S/E 58.5 g. Paris, 1860 c. 'Picture' Bow [Lit: The Cooper Collection]	Sat 1st March 2008	£5,625
Violin Bow	G/I 56.5 g. Paris, mid-19th C. [Probably by "N. Maire" or "F. Peccatte"]	Sat 1st March 2008	£10,000
Violin Bow	S/E 63.0 g. [Made by "Nicolas Maline"]	Sat 1st March 2008	£11,700
Violin Bow	S/E 54 g. without hair or winding	Sat 1st December 2007	£5,276
Violin Bow	S/E 62 g. Paris, 1860 c. Metal Self-Rehairing (frog/button not original & without hair)	Mon 1st October 2007	£1,250
Cello Bow	S/E 70.0 g. without hair (frog repair) [Probably by "Nicolas Maline"]	Mon 1st October 2007	£7,996
Violin	35.6 cm Paris, 1860 c.	Mon 1st October 2007	£31,413
Violin	35.8 cm Paris, 1840-50 c.	Mon 1st October 2007	£51,403
Violin Bow	S/E 60.5 g. (repair to handle) [Made by "Pierre Simon"]	Mon 1st October 2007	£9,138
Violin	35.7 cm Paris, 1852	Mon 1st October 2007	£58,100
Violin Bow	S/E 60.5 g. Paris, 1860 c.	Mon 1st October 2007	£2,000
Viola	39.8 cm 1860 c.	Sun 1st July 2007	£38,400
Violin Bow	S/E 61 g. micro photo of JB Vuillaume	Sun 1st July 2007	£7,200
Violin	35.2 cm Paris, 1840, #1395	Fri 1st June 2007	£60,120
Violin	35.7 cm Paris, 1842-1844 c. (top a later copy)	Tue 1st May 2007	£23,043
Violin Bow	S/E 58.0 g. (button not original)	Tue 1st May 2007	£4,334
Cello	75.9 cm Paris, 1855 c.	Thu 1st March 2007	£90,000
Violin Bow	S/E 60.0 g. (button not original)	Thu 1st March 2007	£3,450
Viola Bow	S/E 68 g. Paris, 1860 c. Picture bow made by "F.N. Voirin"	Thu 1st February 2007	£9,600
Violin	36.9 cm Paris, 1827 After Maggini	Thu 1st February 2007	£16,800
Violin Bow	S/E 57 g. Ironwood	Fri 1st December 2006	£3,835
Violin	35.6 cm Paris, 1860 c.	Wed 1st November 2006	£22,555
Violin	35.8 cm France, 19th C. [Ascribed to]	Wed 1st November 2006	£8,400
Violin	35.5 cm Paris, 1843	Wed 1st November 2006	£45,600
Violin Bow	S/E 54.5 g. Paris, 1840 c. 'Picture' bow	Wed 1st November 2006	£5,760
Violin	35.7 cm Paris, 1860 c.	Sun 1st October 2006	£56,433
Violin	35.7 cm	Sun 1st October 2006	£34,733
Violin	35.7 cm Paris, 1845 c. "Maggini" model	Sat 1st July 2006	£36,000
Violin	35.6 cm Paris, 1870 c.	Sat 1st July 2006	£66,000
Violin Bow	S/E 59 g. Paris, 1850 c.	Sat 1st July 2006	£10,800
Violin Bow	G/T 59 g. Paris, mid-19th C.	Sat 1st July 2006	£7,200
Cello Bow	S/E 78 g. Metal shaft	Thu 1st June 2006	£971
Violin	S/E 51 g. in the style of Maline	Thu 1st June 2006	£1,295
Violin	35.8 cm Paris, 1848, nÂ°1826, "Guarnerius del Gesu" model, with Provance	Thu 1st June 2006	£109,270
Violin Bow	S/E [made by "F.N. Voirin"]	Thu 1st June 2006	£4,047
Violin Bow	S/E 59.5 g. [Made by 'Charles Claude Husson"]	Thu 1st June 2006	£3,076
Cello Bow	?/E 72 g. steel shaft, various mountings ("Simon" workshop frog and later button)	Thu 1st June 2006	£1,619
Cello Bow	S/E 64.0 g. [Workshop of]	Mon 1st May 2006	£1,472
Violin	35.7 cm Paris, 1860 c. [Ascribed to]	Mon 1st May 2006	£19,928
Violin	35.3 cm Paris, 1850	Mon 1st May 2006	£35,071
Violin Bow	S/E 57 g. Paris, 1860 c. 'Picture' bow	Wed 1st February 2006	£3,120
Violin Bow	S/E 56 g. made by "F.N. Voirin"	Thu 1st December 2005	£8,381
Cello Bow	N/E 82.5 g. Metal shaft (frog & button not original)	Tue 1st November 2005	£1,200
Violin	1860 c. [Workshop]	Tue 1st November 2005	£9,474
Violin	[Circle of]	Tue 1st November 2005	£48,000
Violin Bow	S/E 60 g. 'lens eye', made by "H.R. Pfretzschner"	Tue 1st November 2005	£1,500
Cello	Paris, 1845	Tue 1st November 2005	£138,163
Violin	Paris, 1850 c.	Wed 1st June 2005	£13,451
Violin Bow	S/E 62 g. made by "Adam, Jean 'Grand'	Wed 1st June 2005	£19,320
Cello Bow	S/E 77 g.	Sun 1st May 2005	£3,600
Cello	Paris, 1845 c.	Sun 1st May 2005	£92,380
Violin	Paris, 1827 [sold with "Lamy" S/E bow]	Sun 1st May 2005	£48,000
Violin	Paris, 1864 # 2528	Sun 1st May 2005	£50,400
Violin	1830 c. [Workshop] [Probably by]	Sun 1st May 2005	£31,190
Violin	Paris, 1848	Sun 1st May 2005	£31,200
Violin	Paris, 1870 c. [Attributed to]	Sun 1st May 2005	£12,000
Violin	Paris, 1845 c.	Sun 1st May 2005	£3,600
Cello Bow	82 g. Steel (later frog & button)	Fri 1st April 2005	£1,191
Violin Bow	S/E 60.5 g.	Tue 1st February 2005	£7,800
Violin Bow	S/E 60 g. Metal shaft	Tue 1st February 2005	£1,440
Cello	Paris, 1850 c.	Mon 1st November 2004	£60,000
Violin	Mirecourt, mid-19th C., branded "Stentor I"	Mon 1st November 2004	£6,600
Violin Bow	S/E 58.5 g. Metal shaft	Mon 1st November 2004	£1,800
Cello Bow	S/E 79 g. [Probably by "C. Peccatte"]	Mon 1st November 2004	£6,670
Violin		Fri 1st October 2004	£49,097
Violin Bow	S/E 58.0 g. [Probably by "Voirin"]	Fri 1st October 2004	£4,453
Violin	[Attributed to]	Wed 1st September 2004	£4,780
Violin	Paris, 1864 #2574	Thu 1st July 2004	£32,400
Violin	Paris, 1866 #2670	Thu 1st July 2004	£54,000
Violin Bow	S/E 61 g.	Thu 1st July 2004	£4,560
Violin Bow	S/E 55 g.	Thu 1st July 2004	£2,880
Violin	Paris, 1828 (?) #107	Sat 1st May 2004	£7,768
Violin	Paris, 1967 c.	Sat 1st May 2004	£56,151
Violin Bow	S/E 61 g. made by "Joseph Henry"	Thu 1st April 2004	£3,366
Violin Bow	S/E 59 g.	Thu 1st April 2004	£2,154
Violin	Child's violin. branded "Stentor 1" [Workshop]	Mon 1st March 2004	£5,040
Violin	Paris, 1850 c. [Workshop] [Probably by]	Mon 1st March 2004	£14,400
Cello Bow	S/E 77 g. [Probably by "J.J. Martin"]	Mon 1st March 2004	£3,000
Violin Bow	S/E 60 g.	Mon 1st March 2004	£7,440
Violin	1866	Mon 1st December 2003	£15,255
Cello Bow	S/E 82 g. made by "Maline"	Wed 1st October 2003	£8,142
Cello Bow	S/E 61 g.	Wed 1st October 2003	£1,872
Violin	1865 c.	Wed 1st October 2003	£28,680
Violin Bow	S/E 58 g.	Wed 1st October 2003	£2,008
Violin	1828	Tue 1st July 2003	£48,000
Violin Bow	S/E 58 g.	Tue 1st July 2003	£4,800
Violin	1850 c.	Thu 1st May 2003	£90,240
Violin Bow	G/T 58 g. made by "Voirin"	Thu 1st May 2003	£20,240
Violin Bow	G/T 60 g. made by "Martin"	Thu 1st May 2003	£12,512
Violin Bow	S/E 60 g. 'lens eye'	Tue 1st April 2003	£3,137
Violin Bow	S/E 57 g.	Tue 1st April 2003	£3,734
Violin	1829	Sat 1st March 2003	£37,200
Violin	1850 c.	Sat 1st March 2003	£41,000
Violin	1850	Fri 1st November 2002	£33,460
Violin Bow	S/E 58 g.	Fri 1st November 2002	£4,182
Violin	1849	Fri 1st November 2002	£40,000
Violin	1850	Fri 1st November 2002	£31,200
Violin	1860	Tue 1st October 2002	£53,536
Violin	34.3 cm 1831	Sat 1st June 2002	£13,800
Violin	1823	Sat 1st June 2002	£13,500
Cello	1846	Sat 1st June 2002	£23,900
Cello	1862	Sat 1st June 2002	£111,366
Violin	1846	Sat 1st June 2002	£9,813
Viola Bow	S/E 65 g. Metal	Sat 1st June 2002	£2,041
Violin	1845	Sat 1st June 2002	£7,549
Violin	1874	Sat 1st June 2002	£26,018
Violin Bow	S/E 59 g.	Sat 1st June 2002	£2,629
Violin	1858	Sat 1st June 2002	£55,400
Violin	1850	Wed 1st May 2002	£33,651
Violin Bow	S/E 62 g.	Wed 1st May 2002	£6,730
Violin	1827	Fri 1st March 2002	£47,000
Violin Bow	S/E 55 g. 'lens eye'	Fri 1st March 2002	£9,987
Violin	1860	Fri 1st March 2002	£40,000
Violin Bow	S/E 62 g. 'lens eye'	Fri 1st March 2002	£5,040
Violin Bow	S/E 57 g. made by "Simon"	Sat 1st December 2001	£8,700
Cello Bow	S/E 74 g.	Thu 1st November 2001	£2,400
Violin	1830	Thu 1st November 2001	£25,000
Violin	1860	Thu 1st November 2001	£43,700
Violin Bow	S/E 61 g.	Thu 1st November 2001	£3,344
Cello	1835	Mon 1st October 2001	£15,603
Cello	1857	Mon 1st October 2001	£39,007
Violin	1832	Mon 1st October 2001	£14,184
Violin	1869	Fri 1st June 2001	£33,750
Violin	1873	Fri 1st June 2001	£15,400
Violin	1848	Fri 1st June 2001	£44,200
Violin	1860	Fri 1st June 2001	£34,700
Violin Bow	S/E 57 g.	Fri 1st December 2000	£6,627
Violin Bow	N/E 54 g.	Fri 1st December 2000	£1,427
Cello	1847	Wed 1st November 2000	£91,500
Violin	1863	Wed 1st November 2000	£38,732
Cello Bow	S/E 80 g.	Wed 1st November 2000	£5,290
Viola Bow	S/E 69 g.	Wed 1st November 2000	£12,867
Violin Bow	S/E 60 g. 'lens eye'	Wed 1st November 2000	£4,021
Violin Bow	S/E 61 g.	Fri 1st September 2000	£2,760
Cello Bow	S/E 84 g.	Sat 1st July 2000	£8,400
Violin	1869	Thu 1st June 2000	£62,750
Violin	1840	Thu 1st June 2000	£26,807
Cello Bow	S/E 76 g.	Mon 1st May 2000	£3,920
Violin Bow	S/E 60 g.	Wed 1st March 2000	£6,325
Violin	1850 c.	Mon 1st November 1999	£29,900
Cello Bow	S/E 79 g.	Mon 1st November 1999	£6,900
Violin	1862	Mon 1st November 1999	£63,100
Violin Bow	S/E 59 g. 'lens eye'	Mon 1st November 1999	£5,980
Violin	1867	Mon 1st November 1999	£46,000
Violin Bow	S/E 57 g.	Tue 1st June 1999	£3,934
Violin	1850	Sat 1st May 1999	£18,995
Violin	1848	Mon 1st March 1999	£58,700
Cello Bow	S/E 79 g.	Tue 1st December 1998	£1,844
Violin	1874	Sun 1st November 1998	£38,900
Violin Bow	S/E 57 g. Metal	Sun 1st November 1998	£2,300
Cello Bow	S/E 78 g.	Sun 1st November 1998	£6,900
Violin	1861	Sun 1st November 1998	£20,700
Violin Bow	S/E 61 g.	Fri 1st May 1998	£1,764
Violin Bow	S/E 63 g.	Fri 1st May 1998	£4,762
Violin	1873	Wed 1st April 1998	£32,200
Violin Bow	S/E 58 g.	Wed 1st April 1998	£1,380
Cello	1846	Sun 1st March 1998	£41,100
Violin Bow	S/E 58 g.	Sun 1st March 1998	£690
Violin Bow	S/E 58 g. Metal	Sun 1st February 1998	£901
Violin Bow	S/E 60 g. Self-Rehairing	Sat 1st November 1997	£7,475
Violin Bow	S/E 58 g. Metal	Sat 1st November 1997	£2,300
Violin	1847	Sat 1st November 1997	£58,700
Violin	1845 c.	Sat 1st November 1997	£49,900
Violin	1850 c.	Sat 1st November 1997	£23,000
Violin	1845 c.	Sat 1st November 1997	£33,343
Violin	18--	Tue 1st July 1997	£6,900
Violin Bow	S/E 56 g.	Sun 1st June 1997	£7,130
Violin Bow	S/I 60 g.	Sun 1st June 1997	£3,910
Cello	1860	Thu 1st May 1997	£62,360
Violin Bow	N/E 60 g. made by "Maline"	Sat 1st March 1997	£1,150
Violin	1847	Sat 1st March 1997	£32,200
Violin Bow	S/E 54 g. 'lens eye'	Sat 1st March 1997	£6,900
Violin Bow	S/E 60 g.	Sat 1st March 1997	£3,795
Violin	18--	Fri 1st November 1996	£38,900
Violin	1846	Fri 1st November 1996	£9,200
Cello	1854 c.	Fri 1st November 1996	£69,000
Violin	1844 1/2 Size	Fri 1st November 1996	£4,600
Cello Bow	S/E 76 g.	Fri 1st November 1996	£2,614
Violin	1846	Sat 1st June 1996	£58,700
Violin Bow	S/E 58 g.	Fri 1st March 1996	£5,980
Violin	18--	Fri 1st March 1996	£33,350
Violin Bow	S/E 56 g.	Fri 1st March 1996	£2,760
Cello	1862	Sun 1st October 1995	£73,000
Violin	18--	Thu 1st June 1995	£47,700
Cello	1863	Thu 1st June 1995	£69,000
Viola	1849	Thu 1st June 1995	£12,650
Violin	1844	Mon 1st May 1995	£5,750
Violin	1855	Wed 1st March 1995	£41,400
Violin	1844	Wed 1st March 1995	£3,450
Violin	18--	Thu 1st December 1994	£40,385
Violin	1850 c.	Thu 1st December 1994	£38,269
Violin	1839	Tue 1st November 1994	£34,500
Violin	1830	Tue 1st November 1994	£20,125
Violin Bow	G/E 60 g. made by "Peccatte"	Wed 1st June 1994	£14,950
Viola	18--	Wed 1st June 1994	£9,200
Violin	1853	Wed 1st June 1994	£4,370
Violin	18-- 3/4 Size	Wed 1st June 1994	£5,750
Cello Bow	S/E 76 g. Metal	Tue 1st March 1994	£3,680
Violin	18--	Tue 1st March 1994	£54,300
Cello	1846	Tue 1st March 1994	£88,000
Violin Bow	S/E 62 g. Self-Rehairing	Tue 1st March 1994	£2,070
Violin Bow	S/E 60 g. 'lens eye'	Tue 1st March 1994	£1,610
Viola Bow	S/E 66 g.	Mon 1st November 1993	£1,635
Cello	1840 c.	Mon 1st November 1993	£76,300
Viola	39.7 cm 1840 c.	Mon 1st November 1993	£41,100
Violin	1840 c.	Mon 1st November 1993	£41,100
Violin	1840 c.	Thu 1st July 1993	£7,475
Violin	1835 c.	Thu 1st July 1993	£18,400
Cello Bow	S/E 83 g. made by "D. Peccatte"	Thu 1st April 1993	£9,775
Violin Bow	S/E 56 g. Self-Rehairing	Thu 1st April 1993	£4,370
Violin Bow	S/E 61 g. made by "Lenoble"	Thu 1st April 1993	£1,495
Violin	1845 c.	Thu 1st April 1993	£6,670
Violin	18--	Mon 1st March 1993	£27,600
Violin	1844	Mon 1st March 1993	£17,250
Violin	1845	Mon 1st March 1993	£5,750
Viola Bow	S/E 68 g.	Sun 1st November 1992	£6,600
Violin	1853	Sun 1st November 1992	£7,150
Violin	1863	Sun 1st November 1992	£35,200
Violin	1849	Sun 1st November 1992	£3,882
Violin	1847 c.	Sun 1st November 1992	£21,569
Violin Bow	S/E 62 g. made by "Peccatte"	Sun 1st November 1992	£34,100
Violin Bow	S/E 63 g. 'lens eye'	Sun 1st November 1992	£4,290
Violin Bow	S/E 62 g. 'lens eye'	Mon 1st June 1992	£4,180
Violin	1863	Mon 1st June 1992	£26,400
Cello Bow	S/E 78 g. Self-Rehairing	Sun 1st March 1992	£5,720
Violin	1848	Sun 1st March 1992	£22,000
Violin	1854	Sun 1st March 1992	£20,900
Violin	1872	Sun 1st March 1992	£35,200
Violin	1850 c. Labeled "Maggini"	Thu 1st November 1990	£12,650
Violin Bow	S/E 57 g. made by "Simon"	Thu 1st November 1990	£3,850
Violin Bow	S/E made by "Peccatte"	Fri 1st June 1990	£13,750
Cello	1842	Thu 1st March 1990	£16,500
Violin Bow	S/E 59 g. Self-Rehairing	Thu 1st June 1989	£1,210
Violin Bow	Metal Self-Rehairing	Wed 1st March 1989	£2,200
Viola Bow	S/E 67 g.	Tue 1st November 1988	£3,520
Violin Bow	S/E 64 g. Metal	Wed 1st June 1988	£440
Violin	1850 c. Labeled "Maggini"	Tue 1st March 1988	£6,600
Viola	41.3 cm 1870	Sun 1st November 1987	£20,900
Violin	18-- 3/4 Size	Sun 1st November 1987	£5,500
Viola	39.7 cm 1850 c.	Mon 1st June 1987	£14,300
Viola Bow	S/E 68 g.	Mon 1st June 1987	£2,860
Violin Bow	S/E 65 g. Metal	Sat 1st November 1986	£308
Cello	1892 3/4 Size	Thu 1st May 1986	£5,500
Violin Bow	S/E 63 g. made by "Simon"	Sat 1st March 1986	£2,970
Violin Bow	G/T 60 g. 'lens eye'	Sat 1st March 1986	£5,720
Viola	40.0 cm 1862	Sat 1st March 1986	£16,690
Violin Bow	S/E 55 g. 'lens eye'	Fri 1st November 1985	£1,650
Violin Bow	S/E 55 g. Self-Rehairing	Sun 1st April 1984	£1,430
Violin Bow	S/E 60 g. Made by "Henry"	Wed 1st June 1983	£1,143
Violin Bow	S/E 60 g. Made by "Simon"	Fri 1st October 1982	£1,294
Violin Bow	S/E 62 g. 'lens eye'	Mon 1st March 1982	£1,039
Viola Bow	G/T 70 g.	Sun 1st June 1980	£2,434

Biographies

John Dilworth Cecie Stainer George Hart Willibald Leo Lütgendorff Henri Poidras

John Dilworth

VUILLAUME, Jean-Baptiste Born 1798 Mirecourt, died 1875 Paris France. Second son of Claude François (IV), above. Undoubtedly the most successful French luthier, entrepreneur, inventor, and connoisseur. Prolific maker of all bowed stringed instruments and their bows, by his own hand or through his carefully managed workshop which employed some of the most skilful craftsmen in France. Apprenticed with his father in Mirecourt until 1818. Commissioned by François Chanot to construct his radical cornerless violin designs in Paris 1818. Vuillaume established a professional relationship with N. A. Lété in Paris, working for him exclusively from 1821. His own label first appeared in 1823, and in 1825 he established a workshop at 30 rue Croix-des-Petits-Champs, in partnership with Lété, as Lété & Vuillaume. In 1828 he parted from Lété and founded new premises at 46 rue Croix-des-Petits-Champs. Perfected new approach of making exact copies of classical instruments with varnish wear and patina cleverly imitated. Assisted by brother Nicolas-François and then by H. Silvestre. Silvestre remained until 1831, but was followed by H. Derazey, C. Buthod, C. Simonin, C. A. Maucotel, G. Gemunder, J. L. Germain, M. Mermillot, and many others. Vuillaume made the acquaintance of Paganini in 1836, and from that point was able to make copies of his Guarneri del Gesù ‘Cannone’ violin of 1743. Vuillaume’s copy remains beside the original del Gesù violin in the Genoa Civic Museum. In 1855 Vuillaume made the coup which sealed his place in the history of lutherie. He bought the entire collection of the eccentric Italian collector Luigi Tarisio which included the 1716 Stradivari ‘Messie’ violin and many other remarkable Cremonese instruments. This inventory made him the most important dealer in Europe and gave his workshop much to work from. In 1858 the workshops were moved to rue Pierre Demours Les Ternes. Here he employed T. Barbé, L. Neuner, P. Bailly, and A. Delanoy. Vuillaume is also celebrated for ambitious but ultimately unsuccessful ventures such as the gigantic Octo-Bass, now preserved in the Musée de la Musique, Paris. He also developed string-making facilities and various ingenious fixtures and fittings. Awarded numerous medals at Paris in 1829, 1833, 1839, and 1844. Awarded the Council Medal at the London exposition in 1851 and eventually elected to the Legion d’Honneur by the French Government. Over 3000 instruments recorded and numbered. The earliest known works are fully varnished in dark red varnish with ebony purfling. The mature period dates from c.1827 when he began his characteristic reproductions of classical Cremonese and Brescian works, most notably Stradivari and Guarneri del Gesù, with artificially worn varnish. These display faultless craftsmanship and accurate observation, and achieve remarkable varnish effects. Nevertheless, several important instruments were made with a fully applied varnish and perfect ‘new’ appearance, most notably the ‘Evangelist quartet’, each marked on the table with one of the names of the four biblical evangelists. Other special commissions had painted armorials. All instruments were signed and numbered internally. Notable are a handful of remarkable copies he made of the Nicolò Amati inlaid ‘King Louis XIV’/‘Prince Youssoupoff’ 1656 violin. He also marketed cheaper student grade instruments under the St Cecile trademark, made in Mirecourt by his brother Nicolas-François. Co-operated with the acoustician Savart on theoretical approaches and varnish research, and with the writer François Fètis, whose seminal work Antoine Stradivari, luthier célèbre Vuillaume both contributed to and published. Instruments signed and branded internally. The small Vuillaume brand found inside, was used on the outside of the ribs in very early instruments. Equally important were Vuillaume’s contributions to bow making. From 1823 onward he employed C. Eulry, Persois, D. Peccatte, J. Fonclause, G. Maline, P. Simon, J. Voirin, F. Peccatte, F. N. Voirin, A. Lenoble, J. J. Martin, C. Peccatte, P. Colas, J. Poirson, H. R. Pfretzschner, L. Bausch, E. Leibech, C. C. Husson, J. C. Nürnberger, and T. Jacobsen. Of these, D. Peccatte, P. Simon, and F. N. Voirin went on to become highly important and influential archetiers in the French tradition, and the German craftsmen established a tradition of high quality bow making in the various German centres. Vuillaume made many innovations in bow making himself, including the hollow steel bows made c.1834-1850, and the self-hairing bow which he patented in 1835. Despite his enthusiasm both innovations failed to establish themselves. The frog with rounded edges and the ‘portrait-eye’ (a miniature photograph of Vuillaume beneath a lens inlaid in the eye of the frog) his own personal initiative, was created c.1845 and largely made by Voirin. Bows branded: VUILLAUME A PARIS. Manuscript label: J. B. Vuillaume No. 4 / Chez N. A. Lété / rue Pavée Saint Sauveur No. 20 / à Paris 1823 J. B. Vuillaume No. 21 / Rue Croix des petits Champs No. 30 / Paris 1825 Printed labels: J. B. Vuillaume, no.76 / Rue Croix-des-Petits-Champs, à Paris an 1827 JBV Jean Baptiste Vuillaume à Paris / Rue Croix des Petits Champs JBV Jean Baptiste Vuillaume à Paris / 3 rue Demours-Ternes JBV [Millant]

Cecie Stainer

Eldest son of Claude Vuillaume, b. Oct. 7, 1798, at Mirecourt; d. Feb. 19, 1875, at Paris. In 1817 was employed by Fr. Chanot to make violins on his newly-invented pattern. Went to Paris, 1818, and was a pupil of Georges Chanot for two years. In 1821 he entered the organ factory of Lete and soon became a partner ; ” Lete et Vuillaume ” settled in rue Croix-des-petit-Champs in 1825. They separated in 1828, and Vuillaume started his business at No. 46 in the same street, where he remained for nearly thirty-five years, moving to 3, rue Demours, in 1860. He tried at first to sell his own new instruments; but finding that the demand was all for Stradivari, Guarneri, and Amati instruments, he changed his methods, and one day produced a splendid Stradivari violin, signed by the great master and having a fine tone, for the sum of £12 ! Orders at once flowed in and Vuillaume’s fortune was made. His clever copies of Stradivari violoncellos originally sold for £20, but all his fine instruments have now increased in value four-fold. In 1828, having seen and studied a bass-viol of Duiffoprugcar, he began to make instruments in the same style, with beautiful inlaid work and heads quaintly carved. The wood used was of the finest quality, obtained from Switzerland and the Tyrol, and the varnish, especially on the instruments made after 1859, was extremely beautiful, no doubt a result of the care and time he expended on the study of the Stradivari varnish. He was awarded: silver medals at Paris Exhibitions, 1827 and 1834 ; gold medals at Paris Exhibitions, 1839 and 1844 ; the only large ” Council ” medal at the London Exhibition in 1851; and the only large medal of honour at the Paris Exhibition, 1855. Vuillaume was also decorated with the Legion of Honour. At the very first exhibition of his instruments, in 1834, the jury’s verdict on his copies of Stradivari and Amati was that not only in external workmanship were they exact imitations, but that also the quality of tone was so perfect, even the most practised ear might be deceived. Vuillaume also made very fine bows; he had studied and accurately determined the proportions of those made by Tourte. He invented the fixed nut, which, firmly fixed to the stick, has inside another of brass to which the hair of the bow is attached, the hair, as usual, being tightened or loosened by the screw of the button. In 1834 he began to make bows in metal, and for ten years turned out 500 of them annually; they were originally sold, as were the wooden ones, for £1, and were very successful. He employed a large number of workmen, and at the time of his death nearly 3,000 instruments had been made in his workshop. He also invented, in 1851, the octo bass, a three-stringed instrument, tuned four notes lower than the double-bass, to C, G, C; the Contralto, in 1855 (both an octo-bass and a contralto are to be seen in the Paris Conservatoire Collection); and the pedal-sourdine, or chin-mute (1867), a contrivance by which the player has only to press his chin on the tail-piece, instead of placing a mute on the bridge. Labels : ” Jean Baptiste Vuillaume a Paris, rue Croix-des-petits-Champs”; “J. B. Vuillaume, no. 21, rue Croix-des-petits-Champs. No. 30, Paris, 1829”; and “Jean Baptiste Vuillaume a Paris, 3 rue Demours-Ternes, 1844.” He married Mile. Adele Guesnet, of Clermont (Oise). Vuillaume supplied Fetis with all the material for his work on Antonio Stradivari.

Willibald Leo Lütgendorff

Sohn und Schüler von Claude V. Ihm verdankt die Familie Vuillaume ihren Ruhm. Er war kaum 19jährig, als er in die Lété’sche Werkstatt nach Paris berufen wurde, um dort für F. Chanot Geigen nach dessen neuconstruirtem Modell anzufertigen. Im Jahre 1819 traf er in Paris ein und arbeitete zunächst zwei Jahre lang für Chanot. Der Verkehr mit diesem hochgebildeten und geistreichen Manne hat jedenfalls nach mehr als einer Richtung hin befruchtend auf den angehenden Künstler eingewirkt. Lété war eigentlich Orgelbauer, aber als Schwiegersohn Pique’s betrieb er auch einen Geigenhandel; Vuillaume wurde 1825 sein Geschäftstheilhaber, und die Firma lautete dann Lété et Vuillaume, 1828 aber trennte er sich von ihm, heirathete und eröffnete in der Rue des Petits Champs No. 46 seine Werkstatt, die er erst 1860 nach der Rue Demours No. 3 verlegte. Er war verheirathet mit Adele Guesnet aus Clermont, einer feingebildeten Frau, die seinen Arbeiten das vollste Verständniss entgegenbrachte. Auch er hatte Anfangs unter dem weitverbreiteten Vorurtheil gegen neue Geigen schwer zu kämpfen, und so kam er frühzeitig darauf, alte Meisterwerke, vornehmlich von Stradivari, nachzuahmen. Er brachte es nach rastlosen Versuchen darin zu einer unübertroffenen Meisterschaft, so dass heutzutage gewiss viele »Stradivari « von beschworener Echtheit Arbeiten Vuillaume’s sein dürften. So sind auch fast alle Duiffopruggar’schen Violinen, die heute gezeigt werden, von ihm hergestellt worden. Die Sorgfalt seiner Ausführung erstreckte sich bis in die kleinsten Einzelheiten; sein Holz suchte er auf weiten Reisen zusammen; er durchstöberte alte Kirchen, Trödlerbuden und, fand er einen alten Balken, ein altes Möbelstück, das brauchbares Holz enthielt, so war ihm kein Preis zu hoch. Er war ein feinsinniger Kenner, der sich jedoch nicht auf das Gefühl allein verliess. Er hatte die Vorzüge und Eigenthümlichkeiten aller Meister auf das Eingehendste studirt und war stets bereit, Forschern die Mittel zu weiteren Studien an die Hand zu geben; so hatte auch Savart seine scharfsinnigen Untersuchungen ohne Vuillaume’s Beihilfe gar nicht anstellen können. Er war freilich auch ein ebenso geriebener Kaufmann, als genialer Künstler und brachte es zu grossem Reichthum. Auch dem Lackiren wendete er sein Leben lang die peinlichste Sorgfalt zu, und er ist zweifellos der einzige Geigenmacher des 19. Jahrhunderts, der darin den alten Italienern wenigstens im Aussehen der Lackirung gleichkam, aber er hielt sein Verfahren geheim und nahm sein Wissen mit in’s Grab. Er war fabelhaft fleissig und hat an 3000 Instrumente gemacht, abgesehen von anderen Versuchen und Erfindungen (z. B. dem »Octobass«, dem »Contralto« etc.). Auch als Bogenmacher war er ein Meister ersten Ranges. Er besass daher auch zahlreiche Medaillen und andere Auszeichnungen, und in der einschlägigen Literatur wird er überall ausführlich behandelt. Er gebrauchte verschiedene Zettel, manchmal auch Brandmarken. Die Geigen, die er von seinen Leuten ausführen liess, trugen den Zettel.

Henri Poidras

Born at Mirecourt. Son and pupil of Claude Vuillaume. This master, one of those the French School is proud of, is on a par with Lupot, Gand pere, Pique and Aldric, especially as regards the class of instruments he made when established in the rue Croix-des- Petits-Champs. At that particular period of his long career he made most of his best specimens without artifice, that is without subjecting the woods to any treatment in order to give them the aspect of old or untimely maturity, coating them all over with a full varnish uniformly applied. His imitations of Stradivarius and Guarnerius belong to the category of instruments called heated or tinted. To an extent there is an excuse for his procedure, since his aim was to reproduce as faithfully as possible the shade and patine of the ancient woods and varnishes. Such means are of course disastrous, as heated wood loses all its sound properties. This may have been exaggerated and the number of his instruments thus treated may be only a small proportion of his large production. If a choice is to be made, first class instruments can still be found amongst those manufactured in the rue Demours. These belong to his later period. For the afore mentioned reasons, the vogue of his instruments has been subjected to fluctuations. They now seem to be in greater demand and if the tone is not always satisfactory and lacks homogeneousness, the model and workmanship nevertheless recall those of fine Italians. At first he worked for Chanot and entered into partnership with Lete in 1825. In 1828 he opened his own firm in the rue Croix-des-Petits-Champs. He has left about 3.000 instruments. About 1850 he invented the Octobass, a gigantic double-bass, which on account of its size was never popular. It had three strings and reached a fourth lower than the ordinary double-bass. However, Berlioz in his Traill d’Instrumentation (Treatise on Instrumentation) speaks favourably of it. To quote his own words : « This fine and strong individuality, gifted with remarkably powerful and beautiful sounds, would produce an admirable effect in an orchestra ». Notwithstanding, he never made use of the resources with which he thought this instrument endowed. The same can be admired at the Museum of the Paris Conservatoire. Numerous bows with the Vuillaume mark were actually made by the best bow workmen of his time, some of whom have even made a name for themselves. Among them may be mentioned F.-N. Voirin, Simon, Persois, Dominique, Francois and Charles Peccatte, Lenoble, Eulry, etc. Telesphore Barbe is the one among his workmen who deserves special mention.