The violin, known as the “da Vinci, ex-Seidelmann,” fetched an impressive price at an auction held in New York. The sale price underscores the value and significance of Stradivari instruments ...

The final price includes auction house fees ... Sotheby’s referred to the violin as the Joachim-Ma violin, which was built by Antonio Stradivari in 1714 in Cremona, Italy.

The 1715 "Baron Knoop" Stradivari violin was sold in late February for $23,000,000, shattering the previous record set for a violin price in 2011, when the 1721 "Lady Blunt" Stradivari violin was sold ...

"For a musician to play the instrument he once played is a magical experience and something you really cannot put a price on," she said. The violin that sold Friday is known as the "Joachim-Ma ...

And what makes it so expensive? Violin bows are far more complex than they appear. And so much of what sets the value of a bow comes down to the artisan who makes it. Narrator: Sandrine Raffin has ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A violin made by the famed Antonio Stradivari ... The auction house is estimating the value of the “Joachim-Ma Stradivarius” at $12 million to $18 million.

86; Florence Price’s Concerto No. 2 for Violin and Orchestra, and Mendelssohn’s MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 5 in D major, Op. 107, “Reformation”, Friday, March 15 at 10:30 am; Saturday ...