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...playing this sumbitch: http://December auction

...to merit a 3,000-4000 euro estimate: I dunno...

I see they withdrew it.

One would think Goodwill would realize that providing GOOD photos MIGHT provide a better bidder response.

https://shopgoodwill.com/item/152279794 I have never seen a bow repair like this before:

Indeed, we can see that the underbidder's highest bid was $8,313.13. All we know about the highest bid is that it was at least $1.00 north of that number.

I presume someone was confident: 8,314,13

$00-500 dollars for a set??? Not unless they are made of gold.

Perhaps: https://www.amazon.com/JSP-Jewelry-Solution-Scratch-Neutralizer/dp/B07QJ758XR/ref=asc_df_B07QJ758XR/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=385217039501&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2275964353078858639&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9005080&hvtargid=pla-835802368228&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=78285593973&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=385217039501&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2275964353078858639&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9005080&hvtargid=pla-835802368228

I have a vague recollection of seeing a similar engraving on an old Bohmann bow.

Chinese?

Both Millant-Deroux and Jade are made by French company, Colophane. Jade is "harder" and allegedly designed for warm climates while Millant is softer and meant for colder climates. About the same price for Millant on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Millant-Stradivari-Rosin-Violin-Shaped-Box/dp/B00HYH6EAM/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=Millant-Deroux&qid=1654914815&sr=8-3

So it's TEN bucks for the rosin and EIGHTEEN for the box: https://www.amazon.com/Jade-LOpera-Rosin-Violin-Collectors/dp/B06XB1QBDH/ref=asc_df_B06XB1QBDH/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=563721181654&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=7755562738056788088&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9005080&hvtargid=pla-1584731485641&psc=1 I think I could do without the box, thank you.

Niccolo Paganini Autograph Musical Manuscript "Significant autograph musical manuscript by Niccolo Paganini, seven pages on four sheets, 11.5 x 8.75, titled and signed on the cover sheet by Paganini with a dedication to his only pupil, Camillo Sivori: "No. 6. Cantabili, con minuetti a Valtzer, par Violin, con accompagnamento di Chitarra, Viola, e Violoncello—dedicati al bravo ragazzino Sigr. Camillo Sivori, de Nicola Paganini." On each of the following pages, Paganini pens six short works for violin, with accompanying parts for guitar, viola, or cello. Below his dedication on the cover sheet is an annotation by violinist Romeo Franzoni, dated 1929, presenting the manuscript to a fellow music professor after having it in his possession for twenty years. In very good to fine condition, with overall soiling and light foxing. These pages represent Paganini's M.S. 124-129 and were long thought to be lost. They were once held by the violinist Romeo Franzoni, whose name is connected to the posthumous circulation of Paganini’s music. Achille Paganini, the only son of the composer, pursued publication of his father’s concert repertoire and entrusted Franzoni and pianist-composer Giusto Dacci with the revision/piano reduction of the music. Any of Paganini's handwritten works are tremendously desirable; this is a complete, lengthy manuscript dedicated to his only known student, making it a remarkable treasure."

I recall seeing similar f-hole "edging" on violins labelled Joseph Bohmann.