No one can deny the extraordinary aesthetic and acoustic features of Stradivari’s violins. While their worldwide reputation for quality goes unquestioned, a consensus is unclear on the mysterious ...
NEW YORK (AP) — A violin made in 1714 by the legendary luthier Antonio Stradivari sold for $11.3 million at an auction in New York on Friday, short of estimates that would have made it the most ...
If the price reaches the upper limit, the violin may break the record set in 2011 by another Stradivarius violin—the "Lady Blunt" from 1721, which was sold for $15.9 million.
The record amount ever paid at auction for a Stradivarius violin is $15.9 million ... because all that carving, planing, scraping and shaping — not to mention bending wood over steaming ...
The most illustrious of several violin makers in the Bergonzi family was Carlo ... show the influence of the Guarneri family as well as his contemporary, Antonio Stradivari. At one time it was ...
NEW YORK (AP) — A violin made in 1714 by the legendary luthier Antonio Stradivari sold for $11.3 million at an auction in New York on Friday, short of estimates that would have made it the most ...