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Hilaire Darche

Highest auction price

£19,200

Auction price history
Type Details Sold Price
Violin 35.6 cm Bruxelles, 1905 Wed 1st December 2010 £4,660
Violin Bow S/E 62 g. Fri 1st October 2010 £3,000
Violin 35.7 cm Bruxelles 1903 (some restorations) Mon 1st June 2009 £4,460
Viola 39.9 cm Brussels, 1920 Wed 1st October 2008 £6,250
Violin 35.8 cm Bruxelles, 1906 Sun 1st June 2008 £4,178
Violin Bow S/E 60.5 g. Brussels, early 20th C. Sat 1st March 2008 £2,500
Violin 34.9 cm Brussels, 1914 Mon 1st October 2007 £3,125
Viola 1913 Viola d'Amore Sun 1st July 2007 £2,016
Cello 76.4 cm Brussels, 1902 Wed 1st February 2006 £4,200
Cello 75.6 cm Brussels, 1925 Wed 1st February 2006 £19,200
Violin Brussels, 1925 Sun 1st May 2005 £3,663
Violin Brussels, 1920 [Workshop] Sun 1st May 2005 £2,963
Violin Brussels [Attributed to] Tue 1st March 2005 £2,160
Violin Lan, 1922 Fri 1st October 2004 £2,988
Violin Brussels, 1927 Mon 1st March 2004 £5,377
Violin 1922 Wed 1st May 2002 £2,563
Violin 1925 Fri 1st June 2001 £3,600
Violin 1913 Fri 1st June 2001 £3,450
Violin 1920 Thu 1st March 2001 £2,070
Violin 1922 Mon 1st November 1999 £3,450
Cello Bow S/E 82 g. Sun 1st November 1998 £3,464
Violin Bow S/E 55 g. Mon 1st June 1998 £977
Violin 1911 Wed 1st April 1998 £6,900
Violin Bow S/E 55 g. Wed 1st April 1998 £805
Cello 1900 c. Sat 1st November 1997 £8,050
Cello Bow S/E 76 g. Fri 1st March 1996 £1,265
Violin 1926 Thu 1st November 1990 £5,720
Violin Bow S/E 54 g. Thu 1st November 1990 £462
Cello 1922 Thu 1st June 1989 £6,050
Violin 1906 Wed 1st March 1989 £3,740
Cello 1908 Tue 1st September 1987 £7,150
Violin 1909 Tue 1st September 1987 £1,210
Biographies

John Dilworth

DARCHE, Hilaire Born 1862, died 1929 Brussels Belgium. Son of Joseph Darche, below. Trained at Gaillard and Nicolas Ainé in Mirecourt, subsequently worked for N. F. Vuillaume in Brussels. Opened his own shop there in 1886 at 62 Boulevard de Waterloo; joined by his brother, a piano maker, in 1894. Antique style copies of classical Cremonese makers. Renowned as an expert dealer and connoisseur. Decorated ‘Chevalier of the Order of King Leopold’ and appointed maker to the Brussels Conservatoire. Hilaire Darche. Luthier / du Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles / l’An 19…

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