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Antonio Stradivari violin of 1703 on exhibit, behind glass, at the Musikinstrumentenmuseum (Berlin Musical Instrument Museum), 2006. A Stradivarius made in the 1680s, or during Stradivari's "Long Pattern" period from 1690 to 1700, could be worth hundreds of thousands to several million U.S. dollars at today's prices. [19] [unreliable source?
Bell sold his then current Stradivarius, the Tom Taylor, for a little more than two million dollars and purchased the Gibson ex-Huberman for a little under the four million dollar asking price. His first recording with it was Romance of the Violin (on Sony Classical) in 2003. In 2019, the instrument's value increased to an estimated $14 million ...
The size of these is described by a "conventional" fraction that has no mathematical significance. For example, a 7/8 violin has a scale of about 317 mm, a 3/4-size instrument a scale of 307 mm, a half-size one 287 mm, and a quarter-size one 267 mm. 1/8, 1/10, 1/16 and 1/32 and even 1/64 violins also exist, becoming progressively smaller, but ...
STORY: This rare Stradivari violin could fetch $11 million at auctionThe 'Hellier' Stradivarius was made by Antonio Stradivari in 1679It's engraved with ivory diamonds and finished with a golden ...
The most-preferred violin was new. The least-preferred was by Stradivari. There was low correlation between instrument age and monetary value, and perceived quality. Most players couldn't tell whether the instrument they preferred was new or old. 13 of the 21 violinists preferred the new violins. Eight subjects chose an old violin to take home. [6]
A woman who worked hard to buy a new violin for $180 back in the 1960s was in for a huge surprise when she got the instrument appraised on Monday night's episode of "Antiques Roadshow." And while ...
Its price, US$2,728,000 including Christie's commission, far outdid its estimated value: $1 million to $1.5 million. [66] On 14 October 2010, a 1697 Stradivari violin known as " The Molitor " was sold online by Tarisio Auctions for a world-record price of $3,600,000 to violinist Anne Akiko Meyers : at the time its price was the highest for any ...
A $60,000 Gand & Bernardel, dated 1870. And a 200-year-old Lorenzo Ventapane violin, worth $175,000. For more than two years, federal prosecutors allege, Mark Meng stole high-end violins across ...