The auction house Tarisio has gone public on the private sale of a bow to New York Philharmonic concertmaster Frank Huang.
The bow was made in 1864 by Jean Baptiste Vuillaume’s best Parisian bowman, Pierre Simon. It is mounted in ebony and gold.
The price has been kept private.
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