Andre Granier

Auction price history

Highest auction price

£2,067

Type	Details	Sold	Price
Violin Bow	N/E 55 g.	Wed 1st June 2005	£554
Cello Bow	N/E 80 g.	Fri 1st June 2001	£2,067
Cello Bow	S/E 83 g.	Fri 1st December 1995	£2,025
Violin	1930 c.	Wed 1st March 1989	£1,320
Violin	1929	Mon 1st December 1986	£880

Biographies

John Dilworth

GRANIER, André (François André) Born 1881, died 1924 Marseilles France. Son and successor of Edmond Granier, below. Trained with Brugère and Louis Bazin in Mirecourt. Established with his brother Denis, below, in Marseilles 1922 as Granier Luthier. Violin and bow maker. Classical models. Good oil varnish in various tints. Some instruments made by employees. Branded beneath the tailpiece and fingerboard; also on ribs below endpin and on pegbox: ‘Granier’. Good bows on a personal model, branded: GRANIER à MARSEILLE Granier, Luthier / 14 Rue Paradis—Marseille / Fait en avril 1928. No. 58 Granier, Luthier / 14 Rue Paradis—Marseille Granier, Luthier / Marseille. Année 1931 Workshop instruments labelled: Granier, Luthier / Marseille. Année 1923.