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Mathias (III) Hornsteiner

Highest auction price

£3,948

Auction price history
Type Details Sold Price
Violin 35.5 cm Mittenwald, 1803 Fri 1st May 2009 £3,688
Violin 35.6 cm Mittenwald, 1802 Sat 1st November 2008 £2,538
Violin Mittenwald, 1803 Tue 1st November 2005 £3,948
Violin 1804 Sun 1st November 1987 £2,200
Biographies

John Dilworth

HORNSTEINER, Mathias (III) Worked circa. 1800 Mittenwald Germany. The title ‘Gratzs’ is added to his labels, presumably to distinguish him from Mathias ‘Dax’, above. High arched, typical Mittenwald work of high quality. Varnish extremely variable, generally dark red-brown. Matthias Hornsteiner, Gräflicher / Geigenmacher und Händler / fecit anno 1792 Mathias Hornsteiner Geigenmacher, / Hofschmied in Mittenwald an der Iser / Anno 1803 Mathias Hornsteiner / Gratz Geigenmacher u. / Händler in Mittenwald / an der Iser 1793

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