Justin Poirson

Auction price history

Highest auction price

£6,025

Type	Details	Sold	Price
Violin Bow	Silver mounted, round stick stamped Poirson à Paris	March 2025	£6,025
Violin Bow	Silver mounted, round stick stamped Poirson à Paris, ebony frog with pearl eye, silver and ebony button	March 2025	£2,400
Violin Bow	Nickel mounted, signed Poirson Paris, not original frog and button, unhaired and unlapping, handle crack	June 2024	£876
Violin Bow	Nickel mounted, signed Poirson à Paris, not original button, unhaired and unlapping, minor stick blemish	June 2024	£639
Violin Bow	Silver mounted, signed Gand et Bernardel, minus hair, head blemish	June 2024	£532
Violin Bow	Nickel mounted, thin hair and lapping, stick and head blemishes, otherwise good condition	June 2024	£985
Cello Bow	Nickel mounted, not original frog and button, unhaired and unlapping, stick blemish, frog crack	June 2024	£2,980
Violin Bow	Nickel mounted, signed Poirson à Paris, good condition	June 2024	£931
Violin Bow	Silver mounted, ferrule engraved Suzanne, unhaired and unlapping, stick and point blemishes, frog crack	June 2024	£3,404
Violin Bow	Silver mounted, signed Gand & ..., later nickel button, head and bottom slide blemishes, good condition	June 2024	£4,042
Violin Bow	Silver mounted, signed Gand et ..., head and frog blemishes, minor handle wear, good condition	June 2024	£5,141
Violin Bow	Silver mounted, round stick unstamped	May 2024	£3,769
Violin Bow	S/E 60 g.	December 2011	£1,140
Violin Bow	S/E 51 g. no hair, cloth wrapping	June 2011	£1,560
Violin Bow	S/E 60.5 g. stamped "Leon Bernardel a Paris"	June 2011	£5,400
Violin Bow	S/E 60 g.	June 2011	£1,323
Violin Bow	S/E 37 g. 1/2 size, without hair branded "Gand & Bernardel FrÃ¨res"	June 2011	£1,323
Violin Bow	S/E 56 g. without hair, with silk winding	June 2011	£992
Violin Bow	S/E 61 g.	December 2010	£1,036
Violin Bow	N/E 54.5 g. with fine hair, without winding	December 2010	£1,139
Violin Bow	S/E 59 g. without hair, with silk winding	December 2010	£1,657
Violin Bow	S/E 59.5 g.	June 2010	£2,209
Violin Bow	S/E 51.5 g. no hair or winding (button of the period)	June 2010	£1,553
Violin Bow	N/E 57 g. with fine winding	June 2010	£1,036
Violin Bow	S/E 61 g. (frog and button of the period)	December 2009	£1,741
Violin Bow	N/E 61.5 g.	December 2009	£979
Cello Bow	N/E 73.5 g. with silk winding	December 2009	£1,034
Violin Bow	N/E 55.0 g.	October 2009	£1,186
Violin Bow	S/E 61.0 g. stamped "Vuillaume Model" & 'Hawkes & Son" [Attributed to]	October 2009	£1,483
Violin Bow	S/E 57 g. Paris, 1890 c.	October 2009	£2,532
Violin Bow	S/E 56 g. with leather winding	June 2009	£726
Cello Bow	N/E 58 g. without hair or winding	June 2009	£363
Violin Bow	N/E 47 g. without hair or winding	June 2009	£705
Violin Bow	S/E 1890 c. (restorations) [Attributed to]	March 2009	£600
Violin Bow	N/E 54 g.	December 2008	£1,229
Violin Bow	S/E 54 g. branded "Chanot & Chardon" (ferrule & small heel missing, button of the period)	December 2008	£2,560
Violin Bow	S/E 51 g. s without hair or lapping (frog & button not original)	June 2008	£1,671
Violin Bow	S/E 50 g. without hair and silk lapping	June 2008	£1,485
Violin Bow	S/E 59.5 g.	May 2007	£1,271
Cello Bow	S/E 75 g. Paris, 1910 c.	February 2007	£1,800
Viola Bow	S/E 68.5 g. branded "A. Delivet"	December 2006	£2,557
Viola Bow	N/E 62 g. without hair or winding	June 2006	£2,428
Violin Bow	N/E 58.0 g. (later button)	May 2006	£1,533
Violin Bow	N/E 51 g. without wrapping (no button)	November 2005	£522
Cello Bow	S/E 75.0 g.	October 2005	£1,572
Violin Bow	N/E 49.5 g. no hair/winding (button of the period)	June 2005	£870
Violin Bow	N/E 60.5 g.	June 2005	£1,288
Violin Bow	S/E 59.0 g.	May 2005	£1,679
Violin Bow	60 g.	December 2004	£2,035
Cello Bow	S/E 62.5 g. silk wrapping	June 2004	£629
Violin Bow	Ivory 49.5 g. Open frog	May 2003	£883
Violin Bow	S/E 60 g.	March 2003	£600
Violin Bow	N/E 57 g.	March 2003	£480
Cello Bow	S/E 79 g.	June 2002	£4,811
Violin Bow	S/E 60 g.	June 2002	£1,570
Violin Bow	N/E 57 g.	June 2002	£1,178
Violin Bow	S/E 59 g.	June 2002	£4,151
Cello Bow	N/E 68 g.	June 2001	£564
Cello Bow	S/E 78 g.	May 2001	£3,944
Violin Bow	S/E 59 g.	March 2001	£1,450
Violin Bow	N/E 53 g.	December 2000	£611
Cello Bow	S/E 76 g.	November 2000	£1,440
Violin Bow	S/E 59 g.	June 2000	£1,306
Violin Bow	S/E 60 g. made for "Gand & Bernardel"	May 2000	£2,201
Violin Bow	S/E 57 g.	March 2000	£2,185
Cello Bow	N/E 78 g.	December 1999	£2,125
Violin Bow	N/E 52 g.	December 1998	£1,844
Viola Bow	S/E 71 g.	November 1994	£1,269
Violin Bow	N/E 62 g.	November 1994	£805
Violin Bow	S/E 62 g.	March 1994	£2,645
Violin Bow	N/E 60 g.	June 1992	£682
Cello Bow	S/E 3/4 Size	June 1989	£495

Biographies

John Dilworth

POIRSON, Justin Born 1851 Mirecourt, died 1925 Paris France. Bow maker. Pupil of Maire from 1865. Worked for J. B. Vuillaume and for Gand and Bernardel. Established independently 1880. Murdered in his very diminished lodgings in 1925. Good but unremarkable work. Branded: POIRSON A PARIS