Charles Boullangier
Highest auction price
£28,800
Auction price history
| Type | Details | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violin | Wed 31st October 2012 | £7,500 | |
| Violin | 35.3 cm London, 1860 c. | Wed 1st June 2011 | £28,800 |
| Violin | 35.6 cm London, 1888 n°323 | Tue 1st March 2011 | £7,800 |
| Cello | 77.0 cm London, 1864 | Wed 1st December 2010 | £10,800 |
| Violin | 35.6 cm London, 1881 | Fri 1st October 2010 | £15,000 |
| Violin | 35.8 cm London, 1880 | Tue 1st June 2010 | £9,838 |
| Violin | 35.9 cm 1800 c. | Mon 1st March 2010 | £10,200 |
| Cello | 76.2 cm London, 1888 | Sun 1st March 2009 | £27,500 |
| Violin | 35.5 cm London, 1888 #302 | Thu 1st May 2008 | £10,178 |
| Violin | 35.7 cm London, 1877 | Thu 1st February 2007 | £10,800 |
| Cello | London, 1880 c. | Mon 1st March 2004 | £16,800 |
| Violin | 1885 | Sat 1st June 2002 | £4,541 |
| Violin | 1886 | Sat 1st June 2002 | £10,920 |
| Viola | 43.0 cm 1882 | Thu 1st November 2001 | £4,600 |
| Violin | 1881 | Thu 1st March 2001 | £4,715 |
| Violin | 1877 | Wed 1st November 2000 | £5,760 |
| Violin | 1881 | Wed 1st November 2000 | £4,600 |
| Violin | 1892 | Sat 1st May 1999 | £1,058 |
| Violin | 1881 | Mon 1st March 1999 | £9,775 |
| Violin | 1884 | Mon 1st March 1999 | £4,200 |
| Violin | 1886 | Sun 1st November 1998 | £3,680 |
| Violin | 1876 | Wed 1st April 1998 | £1,955 |
| Violin | 1876 | Sat 1st November 1997 | £4,370 |
| Cello | 1878 | Sat 1st March 1997 | £18,400 |
| Violin | 1876 | Sat 1st June 1996 | £8,625 |
| Viola | 39.1 cm 1877 | Fri 1st March 1996 | £5,175 |
| Viola | 39.7 cm 1860 c. | Fri 1st March 1996 | £12,650 |
| Violin | 1883 | Tue 1st March 1994 | £1,725 |
| Cello | 1884 | Mon 1st June 1992 | £9,680 |
| Violin | 1883 | Sun 1st September 1991 | £4,730 |
| Viola | 1885 | Sun 1st September 1991 | £7,150 |
| Viola | 40.6 cm 1870 c. | Mon 1st July 1991 | £2,970 |
| Violin | 1880 | Sat 1st June 1991 | £3,520 |
| Violin | 1850 c. | Mon 1st April 1991 | £4,840 |
| Violin | 1870 c. | Fri 1st March 1991 | £4,730 |
| Violin | 1860 c. | Tue 1st January 1991 | £2,860 |
| Viola | 43.2 cm 1867 | Fri 1st April 1983 | £3,410 |
| Viola | 41.3 cm 1865 | Tue 1st July 1980 | £7,285 |
Biographies
John Dilworth
BOULLANGIER, Charles Born 1823 Mirecourt France, died 1888 London UK. Worked in Paris with Vuillaume for three years, and subsequently spent three more years with Gand and Bernardel up to 1849. Moved to London in that year to work for Edward Withers. Established his own business, located at 87 Charlotte Street from 1858, 27 University Street from 1861, 40 Dean Street from 1862, and finally at 16 Frith Street from 1878 until his death. Appointed violin maker to the Duke of Edinburgh, awarded diplomas at the London Exhibitions of 1862, 1872, and 1888. Excellent workmanship; copies of Cremonese models showing a fertile mixture of Parisian and London styles, influenced by John Lott in particular. Dark-red or orange-red varnish and very fine quality woods. Many instruments labelled ‘Withers’ have Boullangier’s signature on the interior. Other instruments labelled after his death in 1888 were sold by his daughter Josephine and son-in-law George White, who took over the business. Charles Edward, his son who was assumed by earlier writers to have been the successor to the shop and the author of these instruments, was in fact still in infancy in this period. Charles Boullangier / Fecit London, 1888 / 319 Charles Boullangier. London / C.B. 87 Charlotte Street. Fitzroy Sq., 1858 Charles Boullangier / Frith Street, London, 1888. No. 317
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