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Telesphore Amable Barbe

Auction price history

Highest auction price

£7,700

Type Details Sold Price
Violin Bow S/E 62.5 g. stamepd "Gand & Bernardel" Tue 1st November 2011 £4,135
Violin Bow S/E 62.5 g. stamped "Gand & Bernardel" Wed 1st June 2011 £3,600
Cello Bow S/E 76.0 g. engraved ferrule, stamped "Leon Bernardel" (adjustor later) Fri 1st October 2010 £788
Violin Bow S/E 59.0 g. [Probably by] Tue 1st June 2010 £3,213
Violin 35.8 cm Paris, 1880 n°30 c. Mon 1st June 2009 £6,742
Violin 35.7 cm Paris, 1876 Sun 1st March 2009 £4,440
Violin 1890 Mon 1st December 2003 £6,185
Violin 1885 Sun 1st December 2002 £3,481
Violin 1875 c. Sun 1st November 1998 £2,875
Violin 1875 c. Fri 1st November 1991 £7,700
Cello 1867 Thu 1st November 1984 £6,160
Biographies

John Dilworth

BARBÉ, Telesphore Amable Born 1822 Dijon, died 1892 Mirecourt France. Son of François Jacques Barbé, above. Apprenticed to Derazey. Employed by Jacquot in Nancy, Miremont, Gand and Bernardel at Paris, and finally by J. B. Vuillaume. Never established his own workshop, but contributed greatly to Vuillaume’s output. A skilful and prolific maker. Instruments bearing his own label generally are Stradivari ‘Messie’ violin copies, with fine red varnish. Télesphore Barbé / Ex premier ouvrier de J. B. Vuillaume / Médaillé à l’Exposition de 1867 / Paris. [Millant/Raffin]

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