Thomas SIMPSON
Auction price history
Highest auction price
£1,430
Type | Details | Sold | Price |
---|---|---|---|
Viola | 42.0 cm 1900 | Thu 1st June 2000 | £690 |
Violin | 1905 | Sat 1st October 1994 | £1,035 |
Violin | 1905 | Sun 1st March 1992 | £1,430 |
Violin | 1916 | Fri 1st June 1990 | £660 |
Viola | 40.6 cm 1934 | Wed 1st April 1987 | £770 |
Violin | 1905 | Sat 1st March 1986 | £183 |
Viola | 41.1 cm 1905 | Mon 1st April 1985 | £440 |
Violin | 1904 | Tue 1st November 1983 | £418 |
Biographies
John Dilworth
SIMPSON, Thomas Born 1864 Burnley, Lancashire, died 1933 Birmingham UK. Piano repairer in Walsall until 1898. Thereafter active as a self-taught violin and bow maker in Peterborough. Moved to Birmingham 1900; occupied as a repairer. Retired to Brixham 1925. Inconsistent and unrefined but careful work. Violins sometimes branded with initials, date, and number. Bows branded: SIMPSON BIRMINGHAM Thomas Simpson / fecit Dei gloriae / Handsworth No.. 1902
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