Nicolas (SIMON FR) SIMON

Highest auction price achieved
£ 12513.00

By John Dilworth

SIMON, Nicolas (SIMON FR) Born 1806, died 1864 Mirecourt France. Fine Mirecourt bow maker. Pecatte school, with strong heads, sticks of rounded triangular section, and frogs with open throat. Established under his own name from c.1840. Millant suggests that the letters ‘FR’ in his brand refer to his wife, M. Frébinet. Bows continued to appear under this name for ten years after Simon’s death, presumably due to his wife’s previous close involvement with the business, which enabled her to maintain the shop up until her own death in 1874. Branded: SIMON. FR [Millant/Raffin]

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Price History

Type Title Sold Price
Violin Bow S/E 54.5 g. without winding (heel missing) Tue 1st June 10 £ 4660.00
Violin Bow N/E 53.5 g. no hair, with silk winding [Workshop of] Mon 1st June 09 £ 2904.00
Violin Bow N/E 56 g. Amourette wood without hair nor winding [Workshop] Mon 1st December 08 £ 1536.00
Violin Bow N/E 59.5 g. Mon 1st December 08 £ 3583.00
Violin Bow S/E 60 g. Sat 1st November 03 £ 2451.00
Violin Bow S/E 61 g. Wed 1st June 94 £ 8580.00
Violin Bow S/E 60.5 g. without winding Thu 1st December 11 £ 6869.00
Violin Bow S/E 58.0 g. Tue 1st November 11 £ 6390.00
Violin Bow N/E 62.5 g. [frog made by "Francois Peccatte"] Wed 1st June 11 £ 3900.00
Violin Bow N/E 53.5 g. without hair or winding (frog & button later) Wed 1st June 11 £ 2204.00
Viola Bow N/E 69 g. Mirecourt, 1860 c. Tue 1st March 11 £ 4375.00
Violin Bow N/E 45 g. without hair or winding Wed 1st December 10 £ 1657.00
Violin Bow S/E 57 g. with silk winding Tue 1st June 10 £ 8803.00
Violin Bow S/T 60.5 g. Mirecourt, 1850 c. Mon 1st March 10 £ 6250.00
Violin Bow S/E 54.5 g. without winding, branded "Simon Fr." Tue 1st December 09 £ 10881.00
Violin Bow S/E 57.5 g. Tue 1st December 09 £ 12513.00
Violin Bow N/E 52.5 g. Exotic wood, without hair or winding Tue 1st December 09 £ 1306.00
Violin Bow S/T 60.5 g. Mirecourt, 1850 c. Thu 1st October 09 £ 5250.00
Violin Bow S/E 53 g. Mirecourt, 1850 c. (frog & button) Thu 1st October 09 £ 2375.00
Violin Bow N/E 49 g. without hair or winding Mon 1st June 09 £ 3630.00
Violin Bow N/E 56 g. Amourette wood Mon 1st December 08 £ 717.00
Violin Bow S/E 60.0 g. Wed 1st October 08 £ 1663.00
Violin Bow S/E 51g without lapping (frog & button by "C.N. Bazin) Sun 1st June 08 £ 9284.00
Violin Bow N/E 48 g. without hair or lapping (frog & button not original) Sun 1st June 08 £ 2228.00
Cello Bow S/E 59 g. without hair or winding, branded "Gand à Laval" Sat 1st December 07 £ 2383.00
Violin Bow S/I 56 g. (crack to side of head) Sat 1st December 07 £ 2127.00
Cello Bow S/E 76.5 g. [Probably by] Tue 1st May 07 £ 1213.00
Violin Bow S/E 56.0 g. Thu 1st March 07 £ 6900.00
Viola Bow S/E 65 g. 1960 c. [Probably by] Wed 1st November 06 £ 2470.00
Cello Bow S/E 76 g. [Probably by] Sun 1st October 06 £ 3316.00
Violin Bow S/E 61 g. Paris, mid-19th C. Sat 1st July 06 £ 6000.00
Violin Bow S/E 59 g. Mirecourt, 1850 c. Sat 1st July 06 £ 1800.00
Violin Bow N/E 57.5 g. without winding (crack after winding) Thu 1st June 06 £ 4856.00
Violin Bow N/E 61 g. 1860 c. Mon 1st May 06 £ 1328.00
Violin Bow N/E 55 g. without hair, branded "Stentor" Thu 1st December 05 £ 3273.00
Violin Bow S/E 62 g. Tue 1st November 05 £ 5760.00
Violin Bow S/E 57 g. Fri 1st October 04 £ 1062.00
Violin Bow N/E 56 g. without hair [Bazin Workshop] Fri 1st October 04 £ 664.00
Violin Bow N/E 55.5 g. without wrapping, Ironwood Tue 1st June 04 £ 393.00
Violin Bow N/E 57 g. Sun 1st June 03 £ 3000.00
Cello Bow S/E 77 g. Fri 1st June 01 £ 3360.00
Cello Bow N/T 58 g. Thu 1st June 00 £ 3372.00
Violin Bow N/E 60 g. Thu 1st June 00 £ 870.00
Violin Bow N/E 61 g. Tue 1st June 99 £ 2623.00
Violin Bow S/E 61 g. Sun 1st June 97 £ 1150.00
Violin Bow S/E 55 g. Tue 1st November 94 £ 632.00
Violin Bow S/E 61 g. Thu 1st April 93 £ 1840.00
Violin Bow S/E 60 g. Sun 1st November 92 £ 6600.00
Violin Bow S/E 57 g. Sat 1st June 91 £ 4620.00
Violin 1788 Sun 1st April 84 £ 1626.00

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