Violinist Stefan Jackiw holds the 1714 Joachim-Ma Stradivarius at Sotheby's auction house in New York, 3 Feb 2025.

In the end, it was not enough to set a new record. But at around 10.9 million euros, a rare Stradivarius violin several ...

Only about 600 instruments crafted by Italian violin maker Antonio Stradivari and his family in the late 17th and early 18th ...

Crafted in 1714, the violin is expected to sell for between $12 million and $18 million in a single-lot auction that’s part of Sotheby’s 2025 Old Masters series.

Stradivarius violins often sell for millions. There's a long history behind them, and violinists who swear they sound better ...