A rare violin is expected to fetch $10 million or more when it goes up for auction in mid-March, as demand from collectors intensifies, and tight supply keeps prices for certain instruments ...

The finest violins in the world were made by Antonio Stradivari and Giuseppe Guarneri in the 18th century, as any violinist worth their salt will tell you. The Italian luthiers were contemporaries and ...

Have you ever wondered what makes an old Italian violin sound so special? For centuries, musicians and scientists have puzzled over the unique qualities of instruments made by masters like Antonio ...

A catalog and history (including comparative illustrations) of thirty Stradivarius and Guarnerius violins. The first 2 compact discs contain works performed on at least two different instruments; the ...

Finding a Guarneri violin is needle in a haystack stuff. Only about 150 are known to exist and rarely become available to collectors. As luck would have it, however, one such stringed instrument will ...

When a Guarneri “del Gesù” violin known as the “Baltic” hits the auction block at Tarisio on March 15-16, bidders won’t be vying over its sound alone. “The Baltic is not just an instrument,” says ...