George (I) Gemunder

Highest auction price achieved
£ 20910.00

By Cecie Stainer

Brother of August Gemunder, b. 1816, Ingelfingen; d. Jan. 15, 1899. Pupil of Vuillaume in Paris. Went to New York in 1849. He made excellent copies of many celebrated violins. In 1881 he published "George Gemunder's Progress in Violin Making."

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Price History

Type Title Sold Price
Violin 1894 Mon 1st February 82 £ 1070.00
Violin 1887 Thu 1st January 81 £ 1858.00
Violin 1892 Sat 1st March 80 £ 1271.00
Violin 36.1 cm New York, 1860 Thu 1st December 11 £ 5415.00
Violin 35.8 cm Astoria, 1889 Tue 1st November 11 £ 11277.00
Violin 36.0 cm Astoria, 1885 Tue 1st November 11 £ 14285.00
Violin 35.9 cm Astoria, 1890 [Workshop of] Thu 1st April 10 £ 11784.00
Violin 35.9 cm New York, 1858 Thu 1st April 10 £ 8439.00
Violin 35.5 cm New York, 1857 Tue 1st December 09 £ 16800.00
Violin 36.2 cm Astoria, 1889 Thu 1st October 09 £ 7786.00
Violin 35.8 cm New York, 1889 Thu 1st October 09 £ 12605.00
Violin 35.7 cm New York, 1877 Thu 1st May 08 £ 5119.00
Violin 36.2 cm New York, 1878 Tue 1st May 07 £ 8065.00
Violin 35.8 cm New York, 1875 Sun 1st October 06 £ 5175.00
Violin 36.0 cm [Attributed to] Mon 1st May 06 £ 3679.00
Violin Astoria, 1889 Sun 1st May 05 £ 6106.00
Violin Astoria, 1888 Sat 1st May 04 £ 4182.00
Violin New York Sat 1st May 04 £ 20910.00
Violin 1870 c. Wed 1st October 03 £ 5019.00
Violin 1877 Thu 1st May 03 £ 6609.00
Violin 1885 Tue 1st October 02 £ 11472.00
Violin 1880 Sat 1st June 02 £ 4731.00
Violin 1884 Thu 1st November 01 £ 8777.00
Violin 1886 Mon 1st November 99 £ 8625.00
Violin 1889 Sat 1st March 86 £ 1517.00
Violin 1894 Sat 1st March 86 £ 1138.00
Violin Wed 29th October 14 £ 5.00
Violin Wed 31st October 12 £ 9375.00

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