John RAEBURN
Highest auction price
£1,100
Auction price history
Type | Details | Sold | Price |
---|---|---|---|
Violin | Bearing the maker's label, two-piece back | Mon 1st January 2024 | £372 |
Violin | 1906 | Fri 1st October 1993 | £682 |
Violin | 1897 | Sun 1st September 1991 | £1,100 |
Biographies
John Dilworth
RAEBURN, John Born 1833, Worked from 1856, died 1910 Largoward, Fifeshire, Scotland UK. Eldest brother of Alexander and George Raeburn. Miner, violinist, and part-time violin maker. The most successful maker of the family, credited with over 100 instruments on various models, but often using a good Stradivari pattern. Quite refined in style, the narrow edge and crudely managed purfling corners are the only betrayal of his amateur status. Particularly well finished, with a fine and carefully applied red-brown oil varnish. Awarded bronze medals at Glasgow and Edinburgh Exhibitions. Highly regarded locally. John Raeburn Maker Largoward / St. Andrews / 1902
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