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<p>[QUOTE="smallaxe, post: 10236914, member: 13430"]Labels in violins are more often than not fantasy labels put there when made.</p><p>The bow appears to be badly cracked. That decimates value. I have an Albert Nürnberger bow (they are worth thousands) that has a crack that was professionally repaired. It's now not worth much more than the melt value of the silver wire and and other silver bits on it. It works great though, so we get the most value out of it by hanging on to it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="smallaxe, post: 10236914, member: 13430"]Labels in violins are more often than not fantasy labels put there when made. The bow appears to be badly cracked. That decimates value. I have an Albert Nürnberger bow (they are worth thousands) that has a crack that was professionally repaired. It's now not worth much more than the melt value of the silver wire and and other silver bits on it. It works great though, so we get the most value out of it by hanging on to it.[/QUOTE]
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