Evie297 Posted November 9, 2016 Report Share Posted November 9, 2016 (edited) Hello, I was helping a friend clean her attic the other day and stumbled across a really nice violin. The label on the inside has the of Jean Baptiste Vuilliame on the inside with a stamp the date (1844) and a signature. There was also a paper stating the violin was maintenanced sometime during the 50's. Does anyone have more information on Vuillaume? Here's a link to view photos: http://imgur.com/a/b6RB0 Thanks, Edited November 9, 2016 by Evie297 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evie297 Posted November 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2016 I posted a new link with more photos if you want to take a better look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin swan Posted November 9, 2016 Report Share Posted November 9, 2016 Well there's a vast amount of information about Vuillaume just a Google away, but I'm afraid this isn't one. Nor is this the best place to sell violins you happen to stumble across in a friend's attic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rue Posted November 9, 2016 Report Share Posted November 9, 2016 It's for sale? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin swan Posted November 9, 2016 Report Share Posted November 9, 2016 looks that way to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evie297 Posted November 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2016 I do not have the violin in my possession at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jandepora Posted November 9, 2016 Report Share Posted November 9, 2016 Why take screenshots of photos on a phone?... It looks really nice to me, but that's about as much help I can provide (if indeed help is needed). it is screenshots taken in the same phone, I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evie297 Posted November 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2016 I was having trouble uploading the pictures to the forum so screenshots will have to do for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stadiravius Posted November 15, 2016 Report Share Posted November 15, 2016 Hi Evie, we'd all love to help your friend id'ing her violin and some of the pros here can even givie you an estimate of it's value. ideally I'd need your friend to take detailed pictures of things like the purfling ( lines on the side of the violin) and clearer pictures of the back and label. That letter and it's content would help. Vuillaume original violins can be very valuable and your friend could very well be in posession of one, then again, some here can trace fake Vuillaumes to the early 20th century with fake labels. So far from your pictures I can tell you that it looks like a nice violin although if your friend could measure the dimensions of it and give us more material, it would help the pros here too. Cheers ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin swan Posted November 15, 2016 Report Share Posted November 15, 2016 Plenty of information in these photos to say that this is NOT a Vuillaume! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavanger Posted November 15, 2016 Report Share Posted November 15, 2016 Something about this reminds me of this guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Carlson Posted November 16, 2016 Report Share Posted November 16, 2016 Hello, I was helping a friend clean her attic the other day and stumbled across a really nice violin. The label on the inside has the of Jean Baptiste Vuilliame on the inside with a stamp the date (1844) and a signature. There was also a paper stating the violin was maintenanced sometime during the 50's. Does anyone have more information on Vuillaume? Here's a link to view photos: http://imgur.com/a/b6RB0 Thanks, Hi Evie, The label is all wrong. In 1844 J.B.Vuillaume still had his workshop in rue Croix-des-Petits-Champs and didn't move to 3 rue Demours aux Ternes until 1858. The signature is a bad caricature. All in all, it's a bad imitation label that is also historically incorrect. Bruce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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