Laszlo ZSIGA

Highest auction price

£2,208

Auction price history

Type	Details	Sold	Price
Violin	35.6 cm Budapest, 1942	Mon 1st May 2006	£1,993
Violin	1942	Wed 1st May 2002	£2,208
Violin	1942	Sat 1st June 1985	£469

Biographies

John Dilworth

ZSIGA, László Born 1914 Foktö, Bács-Kiskun, died 1955 Budapest Hungary. Son of violin dealer and repairer Lajos Zsiga. Studied with D. Bárány, M. Frirsz, and I. Havas. Left violin making briefly, but returned in 1954 working with P. Sáránsky, M. Frirsz, and J. Mészáros. Established independently from 1954, but died the following year. Workshop continued by his widow under the direction of Sáránsky and later Mészáros, whom she married. Good professional work on Stradivari and Guarneri models. Oil varnished, red-orange colour. Also double basses, spirit varnished. Készitette: op92 / Zsiga László / Hegedükészitö / Budapesten 19.. [Benedek]