John Juzek violin value
rjv...@worldnet.att.net
label is signed and dated 1923, made in Prague. It doesn't say Master
Art which is more valuable. Any idea as to it's worth? Thanks, Ron
Ptbrady
>My father has a full size John Juzek violin, bow, and case. The inside
>label is signed and dated 1923, made in Prague.
I have that fiddle, too, made in Prague by John Juzek. I paid just under $1000
for it in 1985. It's a good fiddle, very fine on the lower 2 strings, but the
A string is just OK, and the E string is rather weak. I think the best you
might sell it for (if you want to sell it) is maybe $2000 now. But I also will
be interested in what others think.
Pete Brady
J. Teske
I heard the following from the maker of my present violin in ca 1962.
I was in the market for a violin for use during college. He had a
Juzek available (they were about $200 back then). I didn't like the
looks of it (Ebay Chinese shiny) and the sound was questionable. A
Juzek had been recommended to me which is why I was looking at one to
begin with. LaMay, the maker of my present violin and also a dealer,
told me that their were really two kinds of Juzeks readily available.
The violins made by Juzek himself many of which were quite good, and
those made by a subsequent Czech factory which his family ran. The
factory made everything from junk to fairly decent violins. Like most
factories, the made violins in many price ranges. I bought a different
violin at that time which I used through the rest of college until I
bought the LaMay.
All this is about Juzed only ancedotal. If you can verify which kind
of Juzek you have might be interesting. I think the original John
Juzek did work during the era your violin purports to be. Allowing for
inflation, the $200 charged back then squares with what you paid in
current dollars.
Jon Teske
> Pete Brady
Janet Puistonen
<rjv...@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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> My father has a full size John Juzek violin, bow, and case. The inside
> label is signed and dated 1923, made in Prague. It doesn't say Master
> Art which is more valuable. Any idea as to it's worth? Thanks, Ron
>
A Master Art of the vintage you cite in good condition would probably list
for around $4,500 at a violin shop in the Northeast, judging by our recent
experience. I don't know how much less yours would be. You can take it to a
reputable luthier/shop and ask for a valuation for insurance. That should
give you the full replacement price, as opposed to an auction price (which
would probably be lower). Of course, it will also depend on how much work,
if any, it needs.