A 58-year-old man was sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison Wednesday for a scheme to steal expensive, vintage violins and for robbing a bank in Irvine. U.S. District Judge David Carter ...

SANTA ANA — A 57-year-old Irvine man pleaded guilty Monday in federal court in Santa Ana to a scheme to steal expensive, vintage violins and robbing a bank in Irvine. Mark Meng pleaded guilty to ...

A 57-year-old man pleaded guilty Monday in federal court in Santa Ana to a scheme to steal expensive, vintage violins and robbing a bank in Irvine. Mark Meng pleaded guilty to wire fraud and bank ...

CREMONA – When Ms Ayoung An was 8, her parents bought her a violin. She slept with the instrument on the pillow next to her every night. Two years later, a shop selling musical instruments ...

What gives a violin made by Antonio Stradivari or Guarneri del Gesu its remarkable sound? Researchers have examined the wood preservatives, varnish, even the effects of the Little Ice Age on the ...

India News: Stradivari and Guarneri, the master makers of violins, perfected their art and set defining benchmarks centuries back in Italy.

A 292-year-old violin made by Bartolomeo Giuseppe ‘del Gesù’ Guarneri has broken records at auction this month.

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 ...

NEW YORK, March 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A rare 292-year-old Guarneri violin known as the 'Baltic' sold for US$9.44 million at Tarisio, the global auction leader for rare stringed instruments and ...

Front and back views of Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù’s the ‘Baltic’ of c. 1731, which sold for US$9.44 million at Tarisio New York on March 16, 2023.