Jackie’s bow is on the block
mainThey are selling the cello bow once used by Jacqueline du Pre.
Price estimate: £20-30,000.
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Interested to see she lived at the time in Pilgrim’s Lane, Hampstead. For many years Michael Foot (author, scholar, journalist and long-time Labour MP) lived at the other end of the street in number 66. Wonder if they ever met?
Her name is worth 20,000??????
One would have to be a lunatic to pay such a high price for a bow.
And you live in what bubble? How about ￡100,000 and up for a Tourte?
In that case a portion of those £100.000 is for his name.
Sometimes fairly worthless bows/instruments are worth an awful lot.
The Tourte bows are made of wood that is unobtainable today.
Indeed. Take a fine, genuine François Tourte bow – Pernambuco, Tortoiseshell and all – stamp and market it as being by Jacob Eury or Nicolas Maline and see if you’ll get +£100.000 for it.
There’s a sucker born every minute………
violins and bows are mostly part of the hucksters world and for those not already in jail
there is always one that will bs the stupid out of the last dollar .If an idiot is willing to pay
100,000 to own a Tourte there is always a dealer that will accommodate the idiot .
http://www.amati.com/view-prices/tubbs-james-/
Who is selling it?
Ah, that’s exactly what I’m wondering. I continue to think that the book Hilary and Jackie, written by Hilary and Piers du Pre, Jackie’s sister and brother, the most vile and self-serving book I’ve read. But they got a motion picture contract out of that thing. I most sincerely hope they are not the consignors of this bow, trying to make another 30k out of Jackie.
If you are not a string player, you have no idea what a difference a really good bow makes !
James Tubbs made some very good bows but none are worth that much money. Anything over £6000 is pushing it in my opinion
The only reality about rare or older bows and string instruments = supply and demand.
An excellent bow will act as 70 to 80% of the sound produced,pallete of colors, subtle musical nuances and it will provide a most individual artistic “DNA” to any decent musician (younger or older,professional or amateur).
The fact remains that the rarer the bow,the costlier it will be to purchase one.
That is THE only reality about this subject,and Milka as usual does not have the slightest clue about this subject either.
But being such unique individual,bitterness and all,I guess makes him also quite a rare piece…
Bids anyone?
Ah yes, Milka, that Pearl of Great Price, ‘where no moth comes to eat and no worm destroys’, except, perhaps, that emerging from the bile within.
and from the balcony the usual.
On reading Mr. Weisenblum the thought that comes to mind is self serving BS
writ large .It is expected considering the source.
The only “sources” one should consider are the ones that identify themselves when posting comments,and have the utmost consideration and respect for other people’s opinions, without resorting to “Watergate” tactics.
At least my life in the musical world speaks for itself,and I do not have to hide behind some blog wall and attack everyone that has a different opinion than mine, like a hurt skunk.
Now you can go back to your cocoon Milka, lick your wounds and start planning who your next spraying victim will be.
Poor Mr . Weisenblum if he be the Toronto violin dealer, seems to have worked
himself into a state of high dudgeon and resorts to name calling and whatever else
that comes to his mind .That the original thought of his being a dealer in violins
could color his views on the prices of such items as bows , violins would be met
with such indignation does surprise.Brings to mind the play in which the observation
is made that the lady doth protest too much.