New world record for a Strad

par | Juin 21, 2011 | Non classé, Presse

New world record for a Strad

 

The « Lady Blunt » violin 1721 by Antonio Stradivari, owned by the Nippon Foundation, was sold on the 21st of june in a Tarisio online auction for $15.9m which makes the world.

11/18 - The bass-side sound hole.Built during the Golden Period of the Master, it is one of the best-preserved among the 600 instruments still present today. During the past, it already fetched a world record price at Sotheby’s auction sale in 1971.

 

 

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Sources: http://tarisio.com/wp/2011/04/the-lady-blunt-stradivarius-of-1721/