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Double Bass is my bow worth $4000??

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Edvin

Feb 25, 2010
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#1
I have an Emile Duprée made in France (see pictures) that i bought for around $450 in the fall of 2010. The person i bought it from had a luthier made price valuation of $3000 so i started to look around for other "real" Emile Duprées made in france and i found a French grip Emile at kolstein webshop that Barrie said goes for $4500

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Here is my bow:

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My bow has some damages on the frog and at the ivory tip, though.
What do you guys think?
 
#2
if you can travel to Kolsein's that would help or another well known bass shop.There is damage to the frog.. it is worth getting checked out,,, though I would love for you to have a great bow...it is hard to tell by your pictures, the pro's will make that determination
 
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ahsbass6 said:
if you can travel to Kolsein's that would help or another well known bass shop.There is damage to the frog.. it is worth getting checked out,,, though I would love for you to have a great bow...it is hard to tell by your pictures, the pro's will make that determination
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Yeah, Kolstein is 60.000 miles away so that's a little far ;)
I will take it to my local luthier, but when i talked to him last time he didn't know anything about Emile Duprée though estimated it to a minimum of $1200.
Actually i'm kind of into selling it, 'cause i played a Metropolitan i totally fell in love with to be honest!
 
#4
No, your bow probably isn't worth $4000. Maybe closer to $750 (if it is not too badly damaged) or more if it plays very well. There's a reason you paid $450 for it.

I have a Dupree cello bow I got for cheap and did research on it when I got it. As far as I know, they are factory bows (probably German made) sold by Metropolitan music.
 
#5
crowsmengegus said:
No, your bow probably isn't worth $4000. Maybe closer to $750 (if it is not too badly damaged) or more if it plays very well. There's a reason you paid $450 for it.

I have a Dupree cello bow I got for cheap and did research on it when I got it. As far as I know, they are factory bows (probably German made) sold by Metropolitan music.
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But it already had a valuation for $3000 when i bought it!
The copies were made in germany yes, but the "real ones", wasn't them made in France?
 
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Edvin said:
But it already had a valuation for $3000 when i bought it!
The copies were made in germany yes, but the "real ones", wasn't them made in France?
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Just because somebody says it's worth $3000 doesn't mean anybody would pay that much for it. Where did you get information that there is a "real" Emile Dupree, or that your bow is was made by this person?
 
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crowsmengegus said:
Just because somebody says it's worth $3000 doesn't mean anybody would pay that much for it. Where did you get information that there is a "real" Emile Dupree, or that your bow is was made by this person?
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No of course not, but i'm very curious about it.
Several things made me think this way, cause it's been valuated as a real dupree ten years ago. Barrie Kolstein also said that if it has the "France" logo behind the frog it should be real.
 
#9
I would pay for a professional appraisal, if I really wanted to know. Asking folks on a forum like this, with a couple of low-res photos can only go so far...

If it is, indeed, a $4K stick, I would want to have it insured.

I agree with a prior post, though; just because a bow is allegedly "worth" $4K (or $750) doesn't mean one will find a buyer (at either price).
 
#12
From the limited photos, that bow is a mess. Major damage to the frog and stick, is it straight? Most that I see go between $600 and $750, they have been sold on talkbass before. You can tell by looking at it that is a mass production german made frog. For a $600 (pristine) bow in that condition you'll be lucky to get back what you paid, especially in this economy. The seller claimed he had it appraised at 4k, if he did he would certainly have it in writing wouldn't he? Nobody I know who owns a $4000 bow doesn't bother to get a written insurance appraisal. Do you have it in writing? Sorry to be so pessimistic but that bow has german production written all over it and it is NOT in great shape. GLWTS :/
 
#13
chris1125 said:
From the limited photos, that bow is a mess. Major damage to the frog and stick, is it straight? Most that I see go between $600 and $750, they have been sold on talkbass before. You can tell by looking at it that is a mass production german made frog. For a $600 (pristine) bow in that condition you'll be lucky to get back what you paid, especially in this economy. The seller claimed he had it appraised at 4k, if he did he would certainly have it in writing wouldn't he? Nobody I know who owns a $4000 bow doesn't bother to get a written insurance appraisal. Do you have it in writing? Sorry to be so pessimistic but that bow has german production written all over it and it is NOT in great shape. GLWTS :/
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I have it written!
 
#16
I wouldn't go around saying your bow is worth that kind of money unless it has been looked at by a reputable bass shop that specializes in bows (ex. Kolstein, gage, upton, cincy bass cellar, robertson, etc.). BTW, upton had one of these, exactly the same but french and in much much better condition for less then $1000.
 
#17
chris1125 said:
I wouldn't go around saying your bow is worth that kind of money unless it has been looked at by a reputable bass shop that specializes in bows (ex. Kolstein, gage, upton, cincy bass cellar, robertson, etc.). BTW, upton had one of these, exactly the same but french and in much much better condition for less then $1000.
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I have absolutely not. Would you say i had?
I started this thread to get more info whether it was worth what i payed or if it's worth much more.
If i "knew" it was worth $4000, i wouldn't start this thread wouldn't i?
 
#18
Out of curiousity I did a search in French and found absolutely nothing. The only hits I get for bows by Emile Duprée are in the US. Not counting the apparently famous wrestler, who doesn't look like he also makes bows as a sideline.
 

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