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Francois Gaulard
Highest auction price achieved
£ 8703.00
GAULARD, François Jude Born 1787 Mirecourt, died 1857 Troyes France. Bow maker. Son of Louis Gaulard, below. Early work suggests the influence of Pajeot. From 1855 worked in Troyes with his son Louis Auguste, below. Prolific output, using pernambuco, ironwood, snakewood, and other coarser imported hardwoods. Silver or gold mounted, sometimes open frogs, ivory frogs with rear face double fluted, with deeply incised central groove. Branded: ‘GAULARD. M’, later ‘GAULARD’ [Millant/Raffin]
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Price History
| Type | Title | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violin Bow | S/E 60 g. | Sun 1st January 84 | £ 733.00 |
| Viola Bow | Ivory 58.5 g. Exotic wood without hair or winding | Thu 1st December 11 | £ 1057.00 |
| Violin Bow | S/I 49 g. without hair & lapping | Sat 1st October 11 | £ 2530.00 |
| Viola Bow | 65 g. | Wed 1st June 11 | £ 3600.00 |
| Viola Bow | Ivory 61 g. Ironwood, no hair or winding (frog from another bow, button later) | Wed 1st December 10 | £ 2589.00 |
| Viola Bow | S/E 69 g. Exotic wood | Tue 1st June 10 | £ 3107.00 |
| Viola Bow | S/E 68.5 g. Exotic wood (frog of the period) | Tue 1st June 10 | £ 725.00 |
| Viola Bow | S/E 51.0 g. (adjustor modified) | Thu 1st April 10 | £ 3945.00 |
| Violin Bow | Ivory 52 g. open trench, without hair or grip | Thu 1st April 10 | £ 3260.00 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 61 g. 1845 c. frog with pearl ovals, bone adjustor | Mon 1st March 10 | £ 6250.00 |
| Viola Bow | 70 g. Ironwood (frog and button of the period) | Tue 1st December 09 | £ 1523.00 |
| Viola Bow | N/E 64 g. Ironwood, without winding | Tue 1st December 09 | £ 544.00 |
| Viola Bow | S/I 64.0 g. Amourette stick | Thu 1st October 09 | £ 6303.00 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 60 g. Mirecourt, 1820-30 c. | Thu 1st October 09 | £ 8703.00 |
| Violin Bow | 50 g. Exotic wood, without hair or winding | Mon 1st June 09 | £ 933.00 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 60.5 g. | Sun 1st March 09 | £ 6435.00 |
| Cello Bow | 73 g. Ironwood, without hair nor winding (cracks in stick) | Mon 1st December 08 | £ 717.00 |
| Violin Bow | 46 g. without hair nor winding (bone button later) | Mon 1st December 08 | £ 4095.00 |
| Violin Bow | G/E 64.0 g. Violin/Viola [Possibly by] | Wed 1st October 08 | £ 2892.00 |
| Viola Bow | ?/B 58 g. without hair or lapping | Sun 1st June 08 | £ 3249.00 |
| Viola Bow | Ivory 60 g. Iron wood | Sun 1st June 08 | £ 1671.00 |
| Cello Bow | 81 g. Exotic wood (cracks in frog and stick) | Sat 1st December 07 | £ 851.00 |
| Violin Bow | N/E 53 g. Exotic wood, no hair, (frog original to maker but not to bow) | Fri 1st June 07 | £ 882.00 |
| Viola Bow | Ivory 69.5 g. 1830 c. (open trench frog and button also by Gaulard but not original to the stick) | Tue 1st May 07 | £ 2311.00 |
| Cello Bow | Ivory 88 g. Ironwood, featured in "l'Archet", #7 p. 346 vol. 1 | Fri 1st December 06 | £ 4394.00 |
| Viola Bow | 63 g. | Fri 1st December 06 | £ 1758.00 |
| Violin Bow | 58 g. Ironwood (damage to head) | Thu 1st June 06 | £ 1052.00 |
| Viola Bow | Ivory 66 g. Exotic wood | Thu 1st December 05 | £ 2634.00 |
| Violin Bow | S/I 61 g. (frog not original) | Sat 1st October 05 | £ 2715.00 |
| Violin Bow | N/E Open frog, Amourette wood | Wed 1st June 05 | £ 1820.00 |
| Cello Bow | S/E 80 g. | Wed 1st June 05 | £ 8613.00 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 60 g. (frog & button from another "Gaulard") | Wed 1st June 05 | £ 4025.00 |
| Violin Bow | Ebony 58.5 g. Original tinsel | Wed 1st June 05 | £ 4025.00 |
| Violin Bow | (frog & button not original.) | Wed 1st June 05 | £ 1610.00 |
| Violin Bow | Ivory 62 g. Open frog with a floral motif | Fri 1st April 05 | £ 2005.00 |
| Cello Bow | G/E 69 g. (later adjustor) | Tue 1st February 05 | £ 960.00 |
| Violin Bow | 60.5 g. Open trench, ferrule added | Fri 1st October 04 | £ 3181.00 |
| Violin Bow | 55 g. Open trench frog, ivory button. | Sat 1st May 04 | £ 1158.00 |
| Viola | 39.9 cm 1876 | Sat 1st June 02 | £ 2748.00 |
| Violin Bow | Ivory 58 g. | Thu 1st November 01 | £ 6782.00 |
| Violin Bow | S/I 46 g. | Fri 1st June 01 | £ 3007.00 |
| Violin Bow | Ebny 70 g. | Sat 1st November 97 | £ 2990.00 |
| Violin Bow | S/I 65 g. | Tue 1st March 94 | £ 1495.00 |
| Violin Bow | S/E 56 g. | Thu 1st April 93 | £ 1265.00 |
| Violin Bow | Ivory 54 g. Open frog | Sat 1st November 86 | £ 495.00 |
| Cello Bow | Mon 12th May 14 | £ 387.00 |
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