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Joseph Fonclause
Highest auction price achieved
£ 12984.00
b. 1800, a la Conte; d. 1865, Paris. First worked with Pageot at Mirecourt then, about 1825, went to Paris and entered the employ of J. B. Vuillaume He became a very clever maker of violin bows, and later, when he started his own business, first in rue Pagevin, then in the rue Montmartre, always marked his bows with his name.
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Price History
| Type | Title | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violin Bow | N/E 60 g. 1830 c. open-trench frog (later adjuster) | Tue 1st November 11 | £ 1551.00 |
| Violin Bow | N/E 55.5 g. [Attributed to] | Fri 1st July 11 | £ 881.00 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 58.0 g. stamped "Pajeot" [Probably by] | Tue 1st June 10 | £ 7631.00 |
| Violin Bow | G/E 59 g. (later button) [Probably by] | Tue 1st June 10 | £ 3000.00 |
| Violin Bow | Ebony 53 g. open frog, bone adjustor, without lapping | Mon 1st March 10 | £ 2500.00 |
| Viola Bow | N/E 60.5 g. Exotic wood, no hair or winding (frog by "Fr. Peccatte", button of the period) | Tue 1st December 09 | £ 3264.00 |
| Violin Bow | 53 g. Ironwood, without hair or winding | Tue 1st December 09 | £ 653.00 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 56.5 g. Paris, 1840 c. | Thu 1st October 09 | £ 10285.00 |
| Violin Bow | Ebony 61.0 g. original open trench frog with Ivory button with modern frog & button | Thu 1st October 09 | £ 9600.00 |
| Viola Bow | N/E 57 g. Ironwood, without hair or winding | Mon 1st June 09 | £ 2489.00 |
| Viola Bow | N/E 62 g. Ironwood, no hair or winding [Workshop of] | Mon 1st June 09 | £ 519.00 |
| Violin Bow | S/E (later button) | Sun 1st June 08 | £ 11605.00 |
| Cello Bow | G/E 73 g. without hair and with fine winding (head spline) | Sat 1st December 07 | £ 2978.00 |
| Violin Bow | N/E 60.0 g. (repair to cneter of stick) | Sun 1st October 06 | £ 1539.00 |
| Cello Bow | (some mountings missing) | Thu 1st June 06 | £ 4856.00 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 55 g. | Thu 1st May 03 | £ 3312.00 |
| Viola Bow | S/E 62 g. | Mon 1st May 00 | £ 12984.00 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 61 g. | Mon 1st November 99 | £ 2070.00 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 57 g. | Tue 1st March 94 | £ 3105.00 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 60 g. | Mon 1st April 91 | £ 5500.00 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 58 g. | Thu 1st January 81 | £ 733.00 |
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