Jean-Baptiste Deshayes SALOMON

Highest auction price achieved
£ 17550.00

By Cecie Stainer

Worked in Rheims till about 1747, and then in Paris at the place de l'Ecole; later he settled in the rue de l'Arbre-sec (about 1769). He died before 1772, for in that year Namy is mentioned as working for the widowed Madame Salomon. He made few violins, but they show good work, and are on a similar pattern to those of Louis Guersan, his contemporary; they have yellow-brown varnish. A viola d'amore of his is in the Paris Conservatoire Collection; he also made good bass viols. A few of his violoncellos are of excellent wood and have a fine tone, but in others the varnish is hard and the tone poor. Labels: " Salomon, luthier, a Ste Cecile, place de l'Ecole a Paris, 1751, ' and "Parisiis apud Salomonem ad insigne Sta Caecilia Scolie Palatio, 1752." He also sometimes branded his instruments with " Salomon a Paris." His widow continued the business for some time after his death, moving about 1788 to quai de la Megisserie.

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Price History

Type Title Sold Price
Violin 17-- Tue 1st November 83 £ 990.00
Cello 175- Tue 1st November 83 £ 2200.00
Cello 1749 Thu 1st September 83 £ 2520.00
Cello 17-- Wed 1st June 83 £ 3520.00
Violin 36.4 cm 1750 c. [Ascribed to] Tue 1st November 11 £ 2954.00
Cello 72 cm Paris, 1750 c. Tue 1st March 11 £ 10625.00
Violin 35.7 cm Paris, 1768 Tue 1st June 10 £ 7249.00
Violin 36.5 cm Paris, 1750 c. Wed 1st April 09 £ 2540.00
Cello 75.3 cm Paris, 1770 c. Wed 1st October 08 £ 17550.00
Violin 35.7 cm 1760 c. Sun 1st June 08 £ 3840.00
Cello 71.3 cm 1760 c. [Attributed to] Sat 1st March 08 £ 3360.00
Cello 70.5 cm 7/8 size (numerous restorations) Sat 1st December 07 £ 3574.00
Cello 75.3 cm Paris, 1770 c. Mon 1st October 07 £ 13704.00
Violin 35.6 cm Paris, 1750 c. Mon 1st October 07 £ 8750.00
Violin 35.6 cm Paris, 1760 c. Sun 1st April 07 £ 7278.00
Viola 40.7 cm Paris, 1750 c. Thu 1st June 06 £ 7200.00
Violin 35.9 cm Paris, mid-18th C. Original neck Mon 1st May 06 £ 3066.00
Violin Paris, mid-18th C. Tue 1st November 05 £ 1500.00
Cello 1760 Fri 1st March 02 £ 8000.00
Violin 1750 Thu 1st March 01 £ 3120.00
Violin 1750 c. Sun 1st October 00 £ 2416.00
Violin 1750 Mon 1st May 00 £ 8200.00
Violin 1760 Tue 1st June 99 £ 3450.00
Violin 1760 c. Sun 1st November 98 £ 4600.00
Violin 1760 c. Sun 1st November 98 £ 2070.00
Violin 1770 Mon 1st April 91 £ 4620.00
Violin 1770 c. Fri 1st March 91 £ 418.00
Violin 17-- Wed 1st March 89 £ 1430.00
Violin 1770 c. Thu 1st September 88 £ 2420.00
Cello 1754 Sat 1st November 86 £ 6600.00

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