Guarneri violins now routinely sell for between $10 million and $20 million. The new analysis could also provide a more objective way to rate violin quality. "For 400 years, ...

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Years after the rare Guarneri violin she was lent by a Los Angeles philanthropist was abruptly taken away from her, Dylana Jenson has found peace with a modern violin built for her by an ...

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Stradivarius, Guarneri mystery is solved COLLAGE STATION, Texas, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say have proven chemicals used to treat the wood in Stradivarius and Guarneri violins are ...

An exceptionally rare Guarneri violin—so fabled that it has its own name, the Baltic—sold for $9.44 million (premium included) at auction on March 16, just shy of its $10 million estimate.

Stradivari had a contemporary, a fellow northern Italian named Giuseppe Guarneri, who came close: Guarneri violins, also produced in the early 1700s, remain popular among expert players as well.

Whether or not the great Italian violin-makers used wood that had been chemically processed in order to preserve it and enhance the instrument's sound quality has long been a contentious issue1,2.