Why a Guarneri violin is expected to fetch $10 million at auction Despite numerous scientific tests, there are no definitive answers for why Guarneri instruments have their unique, coveted sound.

Virtuosos who describe the singing voice of a violin may be on to something. The great violin makers, such as Stradivari and Guarneri, may have designed violins to mimic the human voice, new ...

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 ...

A rare, nearly 300-year-old violin that has been in the collection of the late businessman Sau-Wing Lam and exhibited twice at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York will be auctioned at ...

The 18th-century violin, nicknamed ‘the cannon’ thanks to its powerful sound, is undergoing scientific tests to diagnose the root cause of its brilliance. Paganini’s favourite violin has been X-rayed ...

Made in 1731 by acclaimed Italian luthier, Bartolomeo Giuseppe Guarneri ‘del Gesù’, the rare violin had been valued at $10 million (£8.16 million) prior to the bidding, which took place on Monday 16 ...

They can exceed prices of €18 million and are played by stars like Anne-Sophie Mutter and David Garrett. But how do you even get your hands on Stradivarius and Guarneri violins ?

A 292-year-old, extremely rare Guarneri violin known as the Baltic sold for $9.44 million at auction, smashing records.

A rare, 292-year-old Guarneri violin, known as the Baltic, is expected to fetch more than $10 million in Tarisio's online auction on March 16.

This Guarneri del Gesù could top the existing $21.3 million record set for a violin at public auction Read more at straitstimes.com.

‘Nothing like this has come to auction in 30 years,’ says auction house director of a Guarneri violin from the collection of late Chinese-American philanthropist and music lover Lam Sau-wing.