Several years ago I discussed with a dealer colleague based in Australia my need for a good Dominique Peccatte bow to add to my collection. It would have to have some damage since good examples are now selling for as much as £130,000. He told me of the only dealer he felt could help and at the same time keep the price reasonable. This man spends his life travelling round the world dealing in bows and is both honourable and a successful business man.
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Last December I brought in from an American colleague a superb example of a J B Vuillaume meche interchangeable bow, almost certainly by Pierre Simon – circa 1845. This bow had a later frog (Joseph Voirin circa 1860) and button but from a similar period and were again from the Vuillaume workshop in origin.
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