Erwin Hertel

Highest auction price achieved
£ 6636.00

By John Dilworth

HERTEL, Erwin Born 1911 Adorf, Germany, died 1985 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA. Student at Mittenwald from 1928. Moved to the USA 1933, to work in Philadelphia. Later employed by Emil Herrmann in New York alongside Simone Sacconi. Established independently in Long Island, New York from 1952; finally settled in Pittsburgh. Stradivari models for violin and viola, Stradivari and Montagnana cello models. Red spirit based varnish. Viola illustrated in the catalogue of the Sacconi Loan Exhibition, New York 1966. [Wenberg]

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Price History

Type Title Sold Price
Violin 35.3 cm New York, 1958 Thu 1st October 09 £ 2781.00
Cello New York, 1958 Fri 1st May 09 £ 6636.00
Violin 35.5 cm New York, 1951 Wed 1st October 08 £ 1808.00
Cello 76.5 cm New York, 1951 Thu 1st May 08 £ 2559.00
Viola 41.3 cm New York, 1951 Thu 1st May 08 £ 1084.00
Violin 35.5 cm New York, 1951 Thu 1st May 08 £ 904.00

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