Paul (I) Pilat

Highest auction price

£6,307

Auction price history

Type	Details	Sold	Price
Violin	35.9 cm Budapest, 1899	Tue 1st February 2011	£5,196
Violin	35.6 cm Budapest, 1925, "op 407"	Thu 1st April 2010	£3,535
Violin	35.8 cm Budapest, 1900 c. [Workshop of]	Sun 1st March 2009	£1,170
Violin	35.9 cm [Attributed to]	Tue 1st May 2007	£1,440
Violin	New York, 1927	Sun 1st May 2005	£6,238
Violin	1910 c.	Tue 1st October 2002	£2,903
Violin	1882	Sat 1st June 2002	£6,307
Violin	1912	Tue 1st May 2001	£5,461
Viola	39.5 cm 1925	Wed 1st November 2000	£2,530
Violin	1895	Mon 1st November 1999	£4,140
Violin	1910 c.	Sat 1st March 1997	£4,370
Violin	1888	Wed 1st June 1983	£1,045

Biographies

John Dilworth Willibald Leo Lütgendorff

John Dilworth

PILAT, Paul (I) Born 1860 Benešov Czech Republic, died 1931 Budapest Hungary. Pupil of T. Zach in Vienna 1872-1877. Worked for B. Enzensberger and later for G. Lemböck until 1880. Briefly returned to Zach, then moved to Budapest, working for J. W. Schunda and then E. Bartek, whom he succeeded in 1883. Appointed maker to the Hungarian royal court. Awarded medals in Budapest and in Paris, 1885, 1889, and 1900. His workshop was continued by his widow for some time before being taken over by P. Sáránszky. Trained many of the best of the next generation of Hungarian makers: J. Braun, M. Reményi, L. Köhler, J. Cigl, M. Firsz, E. Paduch, D. Bárány, J. Spiegel, and S. Muntyán. Fine and vary accurate work on Stradivari model. Good orange-red varnish and excellent materials. Sold his own varnish commercially, and developed a patent bass-bar. Branded internally: ‘Pilát P. Budapest’. Various brands used externally on upper back: ‘Pilát Pál’, ‘Paulus Pilatus’, ‘Pilát P. Budapest’. Printed labels: Paulus Pilát / P.P. fecit Budapestini anno 18.. P.P. / No.. Medic. Univ. / Dri Stephan Bolemán de Dezser / fecit Paulus Pilát 1913 / Op.207 Magyarország Arany Koszorús Mestere / Paulus Pilát / fecit Budapestini anno 1926 / Op. 419. [Benedek]