One for the collectors!
 

http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/Book...basse%26x%3D21

(original invoice for repair of a double bass top broken at Trianon in 1810, signed by Napoleon's luthier, and stamped and signed by officials of the court.

Only $822 ... its a steal!)

matthew,

how did you find that?

I get distracted ...

searching for a book on a sailing adventure

then digressing my search keywords toward my bass obsession ...

I wish I knew what "Petits trous d'epingles Etat des frais" was all about. I know what it means literally, but it doesn't make any sense. It sounds like a nice historic piece of bass memorabilia though.