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Wenzel Lenk

Frankfurt, 1840–1902

Stradivari copies. Fine workmanship. Gold medal awarded 1881. — John Dilworth

Worked Frankfurt
Made Cello, Violin

Auction Price History

Highest auction price

£13,750

3 results

Type Details Auction house Sold Price
Cello75.8 cm Frankfurt, 1883October 2011£13,750
Cello75.7 cm Frankfurt, 1881October 2010£6,250
Violin1878March 1993£2,310

Biographies

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

John Dilworth+

LENK, Wenzel Born 1840, died 1902, Worked from 1870 Frankfurt Germany. Stradivari copies. Fine workmanship. Gold medal awarded 1881.

Cecie Stainer+

b. 1840, at Schonbach bei Eger, Bohemia. Worked under Kessler in Markneukirchen ; then for five years in Berlin ; also under E. Liebich in Breslau; in Vienna, Budapest, and Münich. He finally settled at Frankfort a/M. in the Promenade Platz. Was awarded a silver medal at Frankfort, 1881.

Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+

Schüler von Kessler in Markneukirchen, arbeitete in Berlin, Breslau, Wien und München und Hess sich zuletzt in Frankfurt nieder, wo er 1881 eine silberne Medaille erhielt. Er arbeitete nach Stradivari.

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