A CELLO BOW BY FRANCOIS XAVIER TOURTE, PARIS, CA. 1800
EXCEEDINGLY RARE SPECIMEN IN GOOD CONDITION!
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USD 100,000.00 |
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Wednesday, October 08, 2008 |
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Saturday, October 18, 2008 |
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Brewton, AL |
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ALL IMAGES AND TEXTS IN THIS DOCUMENT AND EBAY LISTING: COPYRIGHT 2008, JOHN A. THORNTON -- A FRENCH VIOLONCELLO BOW BY: FRANCOIS XAVIER TOURTE CIRCA 1800. (SEE REVISION BELOW) **NOTE** FURTHER RESEARCH REVEALS, THAT, THE TYPE METAL ALLOY USED FOR THE FERRULE --"ALPACA OR MAILLECHORT" --WAS NOT INVENTED (IN FRANCE) UNTIL THE YEAR, 1819: THEREFORE THIS BOW COULD NOT HAVE BEEN MADE PRIOR TO 1819 SINCE THE FERRULE APPEARS TO BE ORIGINAL TO THE FROG. -- SOME TIME AGO, CHRISTIAN SECRETAN, A NOTED EUROPEAN (SWISS) DEALER/TRADER IN FINE BOWS OFFERED THIS (RATHER VAUGE) OPINION: "DEFINITELY FRENCH, POSSIBLY SOMEONE AROUND GAULARD, CIRCA 1830". -- ONE EBAY MEMBER OPINED: "ITS PROBABLY A FAKE" :) ANOTHER EBAY MEMEBER- "410ZEFIR68" - ASKED "HOW TO SPELL THE WOOD IT IS MADE FROM" - MEANWHILE IN ADDITION TO RECEIVING SEVERAL EMAILS (FROM THIS SAME MEBER THROUGH EBAY - WHICH CONTENTS I FIND TO BE OFFENSIVE AND HARRASSING) -- (MAESTRONET MEMBER "ZEFIR68") IS (PUBLICLY) ATTEMPTING MY CHARACTER ASSASSINATION, AS WELL AS SLANDERING MY NAME AND INTEGRITY. THIS IS GOING ON IN A MAESTRONET "AUCTION SCROLL" THREAD (HE/SHE) POSTED ABOUT THE MAGNIFICENT GUARNERI DEL GESU I ALSO HAVE LISTED AT THIS TIME: (IS NOT THIS TYPE BEHAVIOR STRICTLY PROHIBITED BY EBAY DIRECTIVES?) COPY AND PASTE THE FOLLOWING LINK INTO YOUR BROWSER WINDOW: ---- http://www.maestronet.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=318624 ---- AT ANY RATE THIS MATTER WILL BE REPORTED TO THE PROPER AUTHORITIES IN EBAY. GUARANTEE, DESCRIPTION AND CONDITION REPORT: I, JOHN A. THORNTON, DO HEREBY CERTIFY AND GUARANTEE THIS EXCEEDINGLY RARE SPECIMEN TO BE THE AUTHENTIC WORK OF FRANCOIS XAVIER TOURTE, PARIS FRANCE, CIRCA 1819. --THE (UNDAMAGED) UNVARNISHED ROUND STICK IS MADE OF VERY FINE QUALITY PERNAMBUCO, DARK CHOCOLATE BROWN IN COLOR. CHEVAL RESTORATION NEEDED TO LEFT FRONT END OF TRAY. MOP SHIELD MISSING TO RIGHT SIDE. FERRULE OF NICKEL. THE (GUN BARREL VIEW) WHEN SIGHTING DOWN THE SHAFT, FROM THE HANDLE END, REVEALS THAT THE SHAFT VEERS SLIGHTLY TO THE RIGHT. BOTH CHEEKS OF THE HEAD (RIGHT BEHIND THE DISTINCTLY INCLINED FORWARD EDGE) ARE CARVED IN A SLIGHTLY CONCAVE FASHION, WHICH, WHEN VIEWED IN PROFILE, UNDER CERTAIN LIGHT CONDITIONS, WILL SHOW CLEARLY (IN THE HAND) OR BY MEANS OF A PHOTOGRAPH -- AND THE NOSE RIDGE (ON THIS EXAMPLE) TRAVELS SLIGHTLY TO THE RIGHT WHEN VIEWED FROM ABOVE THE HEAD (THESE ARE TYPICAL AND CHARACTERISTIC TRAITS ALMOST ALWAYS FOUND IN THE AUTHENTIC WORK OF FRANCOIS XAVIER TOURTE) -- THE UNDAMAGED ORIGINAL FACE PLATE IS OF FINE QUALITY IVORY. THE ADJUSTER IS MADE IN TWO PIECES OF SOLID EBONY. LENGTH: 69.5 CM / WEIGHT: 73.1 GRAMS (AS MOUNTED). [FREE SHIPPING WORLDWIDE, MOST SECURELY PACKAGED AND INSURED AT FINAL PURCHASE PRICE.- Thanks for looking! John A, Thornton Brewton, Al.
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