In 1945, a rare Stradivarius violin was stolen from a Berlin bank during the chaotic end of World War II. Experts have long ...

Long thought lost in the chaos of World War II, a 316-year-old Stradivarius violin may have resurfaced in Japan—sparking a ...

The violin by the famed Italian luthier was plundered at the end of World War II and presumed lost or destroyed. Now experts ...

Stradivarius violin expected to get record auction price Stradivarius violins often sell for millions. There's a long history behind them, and violinists who swear they sound better than modern ones.

Only some 650 true Stradivarius violins exist, musical instrument experts say, and each is more or less accounted for. They don't simply turn up. "Most of the Stradivariuses are known and documented.

The Stradivarius violin gets its name from master craftsman Antonio Stradivari. When he died in 1737, his secrets died with him: No one has ever been able to duplicate the sound of the violins or ...

The violin, known as the Ames Stradivarius, was made in Italy in 1734 by Antonio Stradivari and is one of several hundred Stradivarius instruments known to exist.

Carla Shapreau’s story on the Alcantara Stradivarius violin was spellbinding (“Lost and Found. And Lost Again?” Feb. 12). I savored every word of her artfully written, passionate ...

Preview: The City of Music 01:45. In the medieval Italian city that gave the world the famed Stradivarius violin, Bill Whitaker finds artisans still at work trying to replicate the precious sound ...

Lifestyle Stradivarius violin crafted at ‘pinnacle’ of maker's career over 300 years ago sells for eye-popping price Funds raised from the auction will benefit a Boston-based music ...

It's named for two of its famed owners - violin virtuosos Joseph Joachim of Hungary, who lived from 1831 to 1907, and Si-Hon Ma, who was born in China in 1926, moved to the U.S. in 1948 and died ...

This 300-year-old violin could become the most expensive musical instrument. A Stradivarius violin made in 1714, known as the Joachim-Ma, is expected to sell for up to $18 million at a Sotheby’s ...