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Hermann Geipel

Markneukirchen, Vogtland, b. 1862

Born 1862, Worked circa. 1885 Bad Brambach, Vogtland Germany. — John Dilworth

Worked Markneukirchen, Vogtland
Made Viola, Violin

Auction price history

Highest auction price

£2,544
Type Details Sold Price
Violin 35.6 cm Markneukirchen, 1920 c. May 2009 £2,329
Violin 35.5 cm 1945 c. March 2009 £547
Violin 35.5 cm Markneukirchen, 1940 c. May 2008 £2,544
Violin 1935 c. May 2000 £763
Violin 1934 March 1990 £1,045
Viola 43.2 cm 1928 December 1984 £740

Biographies

The overview above is drawn from the following published accounts. Read them in the original:

John Dilworth+

GEIPEL, Hermann Born 1862, Worked circa. 1885 Bad Brambach, Vogtland Germany.

Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+

Schüler von Ludw. Glaesel jr., war nach beendeter Lehrzeit 5 Jahre als
Gehilfe thätig und begründete 1884 in Brambach sein eigenes Geschäft, in
welchem nach eigenem System lackirte Streichinstrumente hergestellt werden,
die hauptsächlich nach England gehen. Er ist der Schwager Aug. Ant. Reichel’s.

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