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Georg Seifert

worked 1850–1886

SEIFERT, Georg b. Gersfeld, Worked circa. 1850-1886 Marburg, Hesse Germany. Fine work on Guarneri-derived model. Good brown varnish. Some double purfled violas in Brescian style known. Georgius Seifert Gersfeldensis / fecit Marburg, anno 1872 [Henley] — John Dilworth

Made Violin

Auction price history

Highest auction price

£1,000
Type Details Auction house Sold Price
Violin1887February 1997£1,000

Biographies

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John Dilworth+

SEIFERT, Georg b. Gersfeld, Worked circa. 1850-1886 Marburg, Hesse Germany. Fine work on Guarneri-derived model. Good brown varnish. Some double purfled violas in Brescian style known. Georgius Seifert Gersfeldensis / fecit Marburg, anno 1872 [Henley]

Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+

Er stammte aus Gersfeld und arbeitete sauber nach Guarneri. Er war vielleicht ein Schüler von Kaudetzky. In einer seiner Geigen liest man:

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