Does anyone know anything about bowmaker Emile Dupree and
how his work is generally regarded?

I have 2 Dupree bows. I think one is absolutly amazing, and the other is great. The first one I bought for 700, and my luthier appraised it for 2K. The other one I bought from Beerman, and I paid 400 for it. I don't know much of his work, however. I would be very interested to know about the history of ol' Dupree.
Pete

I believe it is a made up Brand name used by Metropolitan Music/Juzek. They are made in Germany as far as I can tell. It was my first Bow as well. I think it was about $20-30 back in 1966 or so.

See here; http://www.metmusic.com/store/index.html?action=browse&CategoryNum=45

Is it just by chance that those are all of the German Style?
Mine are both french.

Scroll down towards the Bottom of that link. They have 3 French models listed there.

I bought a Dupree bow from Chris Brown in St. Paul a few years back. He seems to be quite knowledgable on bows yet even he said he wasn't a hundred percent sure on the history of these bows. He seemed to think they are factory made, but maybe at one point there might have been a maker with this name? It was a few years back so I can't remember everything he had said. He did say the same as mentioned before some are really nice, like the one I ended up buying, and other are just so-so.

Hah, yano they do seem to be there. Sorry bout that. Thanks Ken.