The year 1953 on the bow is the year Bear started the patent in Canada. The bow could be from that time or at least up until the end of the 1970s. If you search on eBay you will find lots of ways to find out what year your Bear bow is. I just did it less than an hour ago! I've had one for well over ten years and did not know anything at all about Bear bows and now I know more than most. It was just that easy! From what I've seen, your bow could be worth anywhere from $20 to $300 depending on if it is from the late 1940s or the late 1970s respectively.
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What ever someone is willing to pay.
Manufactured in the Friedrich August Glass workshop (Germany), these violins are most likely a 19th century copy of the Stradivari violin. Although it is of decent quality, its value is not going to make you a rich person by any means if you sold it.
your piano was made in 1925
I don't know what the numbers on the trigger are unless they are a part number, but you can add about 25% to the asking price for a single selective trigger.
I have a piano stool patented May 6 1873 Rochester NY by George W Archer. I have one pat 1870 any ideas on value?