Autographs of Eugene Ysaye
Eugène-Auguste Ysaÿe (French: ; 16 July 1858 – 12 May 1931) was a Belgian virtuoso violinist, composer, and conductor. He was regarded as "The King of the Violin", or, as Nathan Milstein put it, the "tsar".
Born in Liège, Ysaÿe began violin lessons at age five with his father. He would later recognise his father's teaching as the foundation of everything he knew on his instrument, even though he went on to study with highly reputed masters. In 1867, Ysaÿe entered the Royal Conservatory of Liège to study with Désiré Heynberg, and in the process won a shared second prize with the Viotti 22nd Violin Concerto. He then went on to study with Henryk Wieniawski for two years in Brussels and Henri Vieuxtemps in Paris.
Studying with these teachers meant that he was part of the so-called Franco-Belgian school of violin playing, which dates back to the development of the modern violin bow by François Tourte. Qualities of this "École" included elegance, a full tone with a sense of drawing a "long" bow with no jerks, precise left hand techniques, and bowing using the whole forearm while keeping both the wrist and upper arm quiet (as opposed to Joseph Joachim's German school of wrist bowing and Leopold Auer's Russian concept of using the whole arm).
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The most expensive item with a signature of Eugene Ysaye (SIGNED POSTCARD PHOTOGRAPH FROM EUGENE YSAYE, BELGIAN VIOLINIST & COMPOSER) was sold in April 2018 for £161.00 while the cheapest item (Eugène Ysaÿe Portrait Belgian Violinist Artist Signed Eichhorn DB Postcard L13) found a new owner for £13.13 in July 2025. The month with the most items sold (17) was December 2025 with an average selling price of £45.58 for an autographed item of Eugene Ysaye. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in April 2018 with £161.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £37.99 was March 2025. In average, an autographed item from Eugene Ysaye is worth £44.57.
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