William VOLLER

Highest auction price achieved
£ 21250.00

By John Dilworth

VOLLER, William Born 1854, died 1933 London UK. Violist, painter, and violin maker. Eldest of the Voller Brothers. Apparently the most active violin making member of the family and seems to have gained some experience with F. Chanot c.1881. Worked for G. Hart (II) up to 1899 making faithful copies of Cremonese instruments handled by the shop, all of which were labelled ‘Hart & Son’. From c.1889 also actively supplied generic copies of Italian work to a dealer named George Duncan. Produced instruments for the firms of Hamma in Stuttgart and Wurlitzer in New York. The work of the brothers is very inconsistent, ranging from very commercial looking pastiches of minor Italian makers sometimes ma

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Price History

Type Title Sold Price
Violin 35.6 cm 19th C. [Probably by] Tue 1st November 11 £ 10526.00
Violin 36.0 cm 1900 c. [Possibly by] Tue 1st November 11 £ 20675.00
Violin 35.6 cm London 1900 c. Sun 1st May 11 £ 12382.00
Violin 35.1 cm London, 1900 c. after "Carlo Tononi" Tue 1st March 11 £ 20400.00
Violin 35.6 cm London, 1895 c. Wed 1st October 08 £ 7200.00
Cello 75.4 cm England , 1900 c. [Probably by] Wed 1st October 08 £ 21250.00
Violin 35.7 cm London, 1900 c. After Peter Guarneri Mon 1st October 07 £ 18500.00
Violin 35.2 cm 1890 c. Tue 1st May 07 £ 10945.00
Violin 35.6 cm London, 1899 Mon 1st May 06 £ 10116.00
Violin London, 1900 [Probably by] Tue 1st February 05 £ 6000.00
Violin 1894 labeled "Hart & Sons" Thu 1st November 01 £ 8050.00
Violin 19-- Tue 1st March 94 £ 6670.00
Violin 19-- Fri 1st June 90 £ 14300.00
Violin 1885 Fri 1st December 95 £ 3797.00

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