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James Perry

Highest auction price

£4,400

Auction price history
Type Details Sold Price
Violin 35.7 cm late 18th C. Thu 1st June 2006 £765
Violin 1790 c. Mon 1st June 1992 £440
Viola 39.5 cm 1786 Fri 1st June 1990 £4,400
Violin 1799 Sat 1st June 1985 £810
Violin 1775-99 Thu 1st November 1984 £286
Biographies

John Dilworth

PERRY, James Worked circa. 1780-1800 Kilkenny Republic of Ireland Younger brother of Thomas Perry (II), below. Coarse work, some unpurfled. Poor materials and generally dark brown varnish; sometimes lighter shades. Credited with 300 violins, violas, and cellos. Manuscript label: Made by James Perry / Kilkenny. No. 200 1785

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