Another possible (french?) purchase

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Frank Larouche

Ok, this is a bit what I tought, I had never seen a two-piece flatback on a french bass. Do you think that it is all hand made by the same guy, or that it is a shop bass? I know it's hard to tell with only pics. If the bass is hungarian what is a pallpark in therm of price? 5 to 10k or it can fetch a higher price? 10-20 k?

The seller think part of it is french because there is a french label inside with the name of Paul Blanchard. It's surely fake.

Do you think the whole bass could be a new bass antiqued?

Thanks a lot for the answers!

The front of the scroll has very sharp lines so it can be new and antiqued. I would have to inspect the bass personally to give any more opinions from what I have so far but it does look Hungarian, old or new.