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Andreas Jais

Highest auction price

£7,200

Auction price history
Type Details Sold Price
Violin 35.3 cm Tölz, 1740 c. Wed 1st November 2006 £7,200
Violin 1740 Wed 1st March 2000 £2,990
Cello 58.1 cm 1764 Fri 1st June 1990 £1,540
Biographies

John Dilworth

JAIS, Andreas Born 1685 Mittenwald, died 1753 Tölz Germany. Pupil of Matthias Klotz. Active in Tölz from 1711. Highly arched Stainer model. Fine workmanship, sometimes with ornately carved heads and, occasionally, painted purfling. Thin red varnish of good quality. Also made lutes and viole d’amore. Andreas Jaiss Lautten- / macher in Tölz. Ao. 1739

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