Breaking: Some fool just paid $700,000 for a violin bow

Breaking: Some fool just paid $700,000 for a violin bow

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norman lebrecht

December 01, 2017

A French auctioneer is crowing that last night he sold a François Xavier Tourte bow for 576,600 Euros, which is $686,973.88.

Add coffee, croissants and a pack of Gauloises and you get $700k.

This is a world record.

It is also madness.

The auctioneer was Millant.

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