British physicists claim they’ve created the “world’s smallest violin” — and, by the looks of it, they could take a bow for their masterpiece invention. The brainy bunch at Loughborough ...

The Strads were almost perfect, and while the Guarneri had flaws in the making, they more than made up for it in quality of sound. “The violin has never been improved since then,” Brown said.

A violin handcrafted in 1714 by Antonio Stradivari, the famous Italian luthier, has been sold for $11.25 million by Boston’s New England Conservatory (NEC) at a Sotheby’s auction. The music ...

A 300-year-old Stradivarius violin was sold at an auction in New York on Friday for $11.3 million (€10.9 million), according to Sotheby's auction house. The "Joachim-Ma Stradivarius" has become ...

The money from the sale of the violin, which was once owned by the 19th-century virtuoso Joseph Joachim, will benefit a scholarship program at the New England Conservatory.

A violin made by the famed Antonio Stradivari in 1714 has the potential to become the most expensive musical instrument ever sold when it goes up for auction on Friday at Sotheby's in New York.The ...

This Stradivarius Could Become the Most Expensive Instrument Ever Sold at Auction With a high estimate of $18 million, the Joachim-Ma Stradivarius could claim the record from the Lady Blunt, a ...

Sotheby's is calling the violin the Joachim-Ma Stradivarius. It was owned and played for decades by Joseph Joachim, one of the most famous violinists of the 19th century.