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Gabriel Magniere

Highest auction price

£4,112

Auction price history
Type Details Sold Price
Violin 36.1 cm [Probably by] Wed 1st December 2010 £624
Violin 35.6 cm 1889 Sun 1st March 2009 £1,920
Violin 35.6 cm 1890 c. Sat 1st July 2006 £2,400
Violin 1890 c. Wed 1st October 2003 £1,221
Violin 1884 Sat 1st March 2003 £4,112
Violin 1921 Sat 1st June 2002 £473
Violin 1930 Fri 1st March 2002 £664
Violin 1885 Thu 1st November 2001 £1,305
Cello 1899 Mon 1st November 1999 £3,800
Violin 1889 Sun 1st November 1998 £920
Violin 1885 Mon 1st June 1998 £805
Violin 1890 Sun 1st June 1997 £2,070
Viola 41.3 cm 1889 Sat 1st March 1997 £2,185
Violin 1889 Fri 1st November 1996 £1,955
Violin 1890 Fri 1st December 1995 £1,302
Violin 1885 Wed 1st November 1995 £1,495
Violin 1923 Sat 1st October 1994 £2,300
Violin 1888 Wed 1st June 1994 £1,320
Violin 1885 Mon 1st March 1993 £1,760
Violin 1884 Sun 1st November 1992 £1,155
Viola 40.5 cm 1875-99 Tue 1st March 1988 £2,750
Viola 39.7 cm 1895 Fri 1st November 1985 £1,210
Viola 41.8 cm 1905 c. Sun 1st September 1985 £3,960
Biographies

John Dilworth

MAGNIÈRE, Gabriel c.1819-1890 Mirecourt France. Henley cites one instrument dated 1890 and numbered 233. Vannes cites another dated 1819. Possibly a name adopted by a mass manufacturer. Commercial work on Stradivari model with fine materials and red or red-brown varnish. Branded: ‘Magnière’ Fait par moi / Gabriel Magnière Luthier / Mirecourt 1884

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