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George Nicholas Einsele

Highest auction price

£4,913

Auction price history
Type Details Sold Price
Violin Labelled Made by William Lewis & Son, Chicago, Ill. Anno 1922 and Ferdinandus Garimberti ... Wed 1st May 2024 £2,317
Violin 35.7 cm Chicago, 1915 Wed 1st December 2010 £2,850
Violin 35.5 cm Chicago, 1911 Wed 1st February 2006 £1,259
Violin Brunswick, Indiana, 1924 Sat 1st October 2005 £4,913
Biographies

John Dilworth

EINSELE, George Nicholas Born 1868 Chicago, Illinois, died 1940 Brunswick, Indiana USA. Employed by William Lewis & Son in Chicago for whom he made about 70 instruments 1912-1914. Returned to Brunswick c.1915. Shop later known as ‘Perfection Musical String Co.’. Continued to sell instruments through Lewis in Chicago. Good work, generally on Guarneri model. Some Stradivari and Amati models. Antique shaded varnish of his own making but much of the finishing done by his assistant Tetto Gallo. Over 750 instruments labelled by him, many of which were made in the white by Ferdinando Garimberti in Milan. Made by / William Lewis & Son / Chicago, Ill. Anno 19.. / Geo. Nicholas Einsele Maker [Wenberg]

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