Earsel Vivian Atchley
Highest auction price
£733
Auction price history
Type | Details | Sold | Price |
---|---|---|---|
Violin | Kansas City, 1988 | Sun 1st May 2005 | £733 |
Violin | Kansas City, 1983 | Tue 1st February 2005 | £361 |
Biographies
John Dilworth
ATCHLEY, Earsel Vivian Born 1906 Mountain Grove, Worked Kansas City, Missouri USA. Pupil of his grandfather Edward Atchley, below. Trained as an engineer before establishing a violin business in Kansas City in 1948. Stradivari and Guarneri models and copies of individual master instruments. Used a potassium silicate sealer inside and out and his own preparation of oil varnish, shaded and antiqued. Credited with over 350 instruments: violins, violas, cellos, basses, and some guitars, often made as quartets; these have his family coat-of-arms emblazoned on the back. [Wenberg]
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