George WULME-HUDSON

Highest auction price achieved
£ 8400.00

By John Dilworth

WULME-HUDSON, George Born 1862 St. Pancras, London, died 1952 Chessington, Surrey UK. Trained as a jeweller and violinist. Self-taught maker with some guidance from Thomas Jacques Holder. Active from 1897. Added ‘Wulme’ to his name to distinguish himself from his contemporary, George Hudson of Skegness. Known as ‘the second John Lott’, a fine and prolific copyist of old Italian instruments. Active in Lower Clapton 1925. Supplied instruments to Edward Withers. Some work is of a minor class, being vague representations of generic forms, but others are very distinguished. Many are labelled with facsimiles of original tickets, or with the names of fictional Italian makers. Used the soubriquet ‘

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Price History

Type Title Sold Price
Violin 35.2 cm early 20th C. [Possibly by] Tue 1st November 11 £ 6015.00
Viola 42.0 cm London, 1900 c. Tue 1st March 11 £ 8125.00
Violin 35.5 cm London, 1930 c. Sun 1st March 09 £ 3750.00
Violin 35.7 cm London, 1935 Sat 1st March 08 £ 5000.00
Violin 35.5 cm London, 1930 c. Sat 1st March 08 £ 3750.00
Violin 35.6 cm Thu 1st March 07 £ 5293.00
Violin 35.4 cm London Mon 1st May 06 £ 6745.00
Violin 35.8 cm London, 1924 Wed 1st February 06 £ 2640.00
Violin 1920 Sun 1st May 05 £ 4320.00
Violin 1925 Tue 1st July 03 £ 4817.00
Violin 1946 Thu 1st May 03 £ 5520.00
Viola 1930 Sat 1st March 03 £ 8400.00
Violin 1946 Thu 1st November 01 £ 4894.00
Violin 1904 Tue 1st May 01 £ 4400.00
Violin 1926 Thu 1st March 01 £ 4600.00
Violin 1901 Thu 1st March 01 £ 828.00
Violin 1942 Thu 1st June 00 £ 1150.00

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