David TECCHLER

Highest auction price achieved
£ 552000.00

By Cecie Stainer

b. 1666. Lived first at Salzburg, then went to Venice, but owing to the ill-treatment he received from the makers there, left Venice and finally settled in Rome about 1705; he is said to have stopped at Cremona on his way there. Some of his work is very German in character, but instruments dated from Rome are generally of fine workmanship, and follow the Italian pattern very closely. His violoncellos are especially good ; made of excellent wood, on a large pattern, much arched, but the thicknesses are often inaccurate ; the sound-holes are large, they vary, sometimes being widely opened, sometimes not ; the varnish, of good quality, is generally reddish-yellow, sometimes yellow-brown in colour ; the tone is very powerful, the work beautifully finished ; one was sold at an auction for ;£50. His double-basses also show good work and have a sonorous tone. A violin of highly finished workmanship was made of beautiful wood and had a very pure and sweet tone. Labels : " David Tecchler Liutaro fecit Romae, anno 1703," a similar one is dated 1706: "David Tecchler fecit Romae, 1733." and " David Techler fecit, an. Dni. 1743, aetatis suae, 77."

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Price History

Type Title Sold Price
Violin 35.6 cm Rome, 1715 Tue 1st March 11 £ 102000.00
Cello 74.5 cm Rome, 1701 Fri 1st October 10 £ 552000.00
Cello 75.4 cm Rome, 1750 c. Thu 1st April 10 £ 47136.00
Violin 35.5 cm Rome, 1720 c. Thu 1st April 10 £ 82488.00
Cello 77.2 cm Rome, 1730 c. (later Italian scroll) Thu 1st October 09 £ 324000.00
Violin 35.3 cm 18th C. [Attributed to] [Lit.] Sun 1st March 09 £ 11250.00
Violin 1800 c. [Attributed to] Tue 1st November 05 £ 4800.00
Cello Rome, 1703 (bass rib replaced) Tue 1st November 05 £ 152770.00
Violin Rome, 17.. Wed 1st June 05 £ 22540.00
Violin mid-18th C. [Ascribed to] Sun 1st May 05 £ 14400.00
Violin Rome, mid-19th C. [Attributed to] Sat 1st May 04 £ 2573.00
Violin Rome, 1709 Mon 1st March 04 £ 47800.00
Violin 1710 Fri 1st June 01 £ 29900.00
Cello 1717 Wed 1st November 00 £ 170423.00
Violin 1705 Thu 1st October 98 £ 13800.00
Violin 1705 Wed 1st October 97 £ 17250.00
Violin 1722 Sat 1st March 97 £ 18975.00
Violin 17-- Wed 1st June 94 £ 49900.00
Violin 1720 c. Sun 1st November 92 £ 30800.00
Violin 1741 Sun 1st November 92 £ 41800.00
Cello 1723 Fri 1st November 91 £ 187000.00
Violin 17-- Thu 1st March 90 £ 16500.00
Cello 1706 Wed 1st March 89 £ 60500.00
Violin 1711 Wed 1st April 87 £ 22000.00
Violin 35.7 cm 1932 [Probably by] Wed 1st June 11 £ 1653.00

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