Nicolas-Francois VUILLAUME

Highest auction price achieved
£ 40000.00

By Cecie Stainer

Third son of Claude Vuillaume; b. May 13,1802, Mirecourt; d. Jan. 16, 1876, Brabant. He worked with his brother, Jean Baptiste, in Paris, till 1828; and then went to Brussels. He made good instruments, of finished workmanship, with red varnish; an exact copy he made of the Stradivari violoncello belonging to Prof. Servais was very fine. Awards : silver medals, Brussels Exhibitions, 1835 and 1841 ; medals of first class, London Exhibition, 1851 ; Paris Exhibition, 1855; Dublin Exhibition, 1867; and Vienna Exhibition, 1873. The Belgian Government also made him a Chevalier de l'Ordre de Leopold.

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Price History

Type Title Sold Price
Violin Bow S/E 58 g. Sat 1st November 80 £ 242.00
Viola 38.9 cm Brussels, 1835 [Lit.] Thu 1st October 09 £ 10381.00
Violin 36.1 cm Brussels, 1861 Sat 1st July 06 £ 5040.00
Violin Brussels, 1833 Tue 1st March 05 £ 6000.00
Cello Brussels, 1864 Tue 1st February 05 £ 26400.00
Viola 39.9 cm Brussels, 1841 Tue 1st February 05 £ 15600.00
Viola 38.5 cm [Attributed to] Sat 1st May 04 £ 3585.00
Violin [Ascribed to] Sat 1st May 04 £ 2091.00
Violin 1860 Sat 1st June 02 £ 7458.00
Violin 1836 Fri 1st December 00 £ 2345.00
Viola 39.7 cm 1863 Fri 1st October 99 £ 3267.00
Violin 18-- Sat 1st November 97 £ 6325.00
Violin 1862 Fri 1st November 96 £ 10350.00
Violin 1863 Sat 1st June 96 £ 13800.00
Violin 1870 c. Sun 1st October 95 £ 4600.00
Cello 1846 Tue 1st November 94 £ 40000.00
Viola 39.4 cm 1870 Wed 1st June 94 £ 2760.00
Violin 1854 Wed 1st June 94 £ 9200.00
Violin 1842 Sun 1st November 92 £ 3740.00
Viola 39.4 cm 1868 Sat 1st June 91 £ 8800.00
Violin Wed 7th March 12 £ 10000.00

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