Lot 1170 · A216 Works of Art & Decorative Arts
French master violin, dated 1852. Two-piece bottom with broad flames in the wood grain, sloping slightly from the center. The ribs and scroll with a similar flamed pattern. Two-piece top. Orange-brown varnish. Signed, with original label: Médailles d'Or et Argent aux Expositions de 1844 et 1849 BERNARDEL, luthier élève de Lupot, Rue Croix des Petits Champs No 23 à Paris 1852. In addition: a bow by Louis Morizot Frères à Mirecourt, ca. 1950, signed: Jean Villiers à Paris. Pernambuco wood with ebony frog and silver mounting.
Auguste Sébastien Philippe Bernardel · Violin body: L 35.8 cm. Bow: L 73 cm, 64.8 g.
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- Estimate
- CHF 20,000–CHF 30,000 hammer ≈ $25,219–$37,829
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Koller — A216 Works of Art & Decorative Arts · 26 March 2026
- Record ID
- TB-2026-2584126
- Record
- first seen 26 Jul 2026 · updated 26 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Auguste Sébastien Philippe Bernardel, French master violin, dated 1852. Two-piece bottom with broad flames in the wood grain, sloping slightly from the center. The ribs and scroll with a similar flamed pattern. Two-piece top. Orange-brown varnish. Signed, with original label: Médailles d'Or et Argent aux Expositions de 1844 et 1849 BERNARDEL, luthier élève de Lupot, Rue Croix des Petits Champs No 23 à Paris 1852. In addition: a bow by Louis Morizot Frères à Mirecourt, ca. 1950, signed: Jean Villiers à Paris. Pernambuco wood with ebony frog and silver mounting. Koller, 26 Mar 2026, lot 1170. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-2584126.
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Auguste Sébastien Philippe Bernardel, French master violin, dated 1852. Two-piece bottom with broad flames in the wood grain, sloping slightly from the center. The ribs and scroll with a similar flamed pattern. Two-piece top. Orange-brown varnish. Signed, with original label: Médailles d'Or et Argent aux Expositions de 1844 et 1849 BERNARDEL, luthier élève de Lupot, Rue Croix des Petits Champs No 23 à Paris 1852. In addition: a bow by Louis Morizot Frères à Mirecourt, ca. 1950, signed: Jean Villiers à Paris. Pernambuco wood with ebony frog and silver mounting. Koller, 26 Mar 2026, lot 1170. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-2584126.
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|---|---|---|---|
| TABRIZ old | — | CHF 1,000–CHF 1,500 | |
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| Landscape with a wooden bridge and a waterfall. | Esaias Van De Velde D. Ä. | CHF 15,000–CHF 25,000 | |
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Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auguste Sébastien Philippe Bernardel | a violin after guarneri | $37,213 | Sotheby's, Mar 2008 | |
| Auguste Sébastien Philippe Bernardel | a violin | Sotheby's, Mar 2010 | ||
| Auguste Sébastien Philippe Bernardel | A violin | Sotheby's, Mar 2008 | ||
| Jean Baptiste Vuillaume | a violin after maggini | Sotheby's, Oct 2008 | ||
| Auguste Sébastien Philippe Bernardel | a cello | Sotheby's, Feb 2007 | ||
| James Tubbs | a chased gold and tortoiseshell-mounted violin bow | Sotheby's, Mar 2010 | ||
| Auguste Sébastien Philippe Bernardel | A viola | Sotheby's, Oct 2007 | ||
| W.e. Hill & Sons | a violin after the tuscan stradivari | Sotheby's, Oct 2008 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.