{"id":3863,"date":"2025-02-04T12:47:27","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T12:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/stradivarius-violin-from-1714-could-fetch-highest-price-ever-for-musical-instrument-when-it-goes-up-for-auction\/"},"modified":"2025-02-04T12:47:27","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T12:47:27","slug":"stradivarius-violin-from-1714-could-fetch-highest-price-ever-for-musical-instrument-when-it-goes-up-for-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/stradivarius-violin-from-1714-could-fetch-highest-price-ever-for-musical-instrument-when-it-goes-up-for-auction\/","title":{"rendered":"Stradivarius violin from 1714 could fetch highest price ever for musical instrument when it goes up for auction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>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 Friday at Sotheby&#8217;s in New York. <\/p>\n<p>The auction house is estimating the value of the &#8220;Joachim-Ma Stradivarius&#8221; at $12 million to $18 million. If it sells at the top end of that range, it could best the $15.9 million paid in 2011 for another <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/preserving-the-sounds-of-rare-stradivarius-violins\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Stradivarius<\/a><\/span>, the &#8220;Lady Blunt,&#8221; made in 1721 and named by Guinness World Records as the most expensive instrument ever sold at auction.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\"><span class=\"img embed__content\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" alt=\"US-MUSIC-AUCTION-STRADIVARIUS \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/02\/04\/d3c182d4-9f5e-4ff4-baa5-95daed5c74b9\/thumbnail\/620x413\/0617abf6b7c43ad2d57b7cbbaa1c5c9e\/gettyimages-2196917319.jpg?v=aaeeb2bb1dd1cd7107e4d78154d17e02 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/02\/04\/d3c182d4-9f5e-4ff4-baa5-95daed5c74b9\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/b7cbf91e38b31ddbcad289aae0c57103\/gettyimages-2196917319.jpg?v=aaeeb2bb1dd1cd7107e4d78154d17e02 2x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><span class=\"embed__caption\">The 1714 Joachim-Ma Stradivarius on display during a preview of its Feb. 7, 2025 auction at Sotheby&#8217;s in New York City on February 3, 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                ANGELA WEISS \/ AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mari-Claudia Jimenez, Sotheby&#8217;s Americas president and head of global business, said Stradivari made the violin during his &#8220;Golden Period,&#8221; which began around 1700 and was marked by an improvement in his craftmanship. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So this is the peak of his output,&#8221; Jimenez said. &#8220;This is the best violin of this era.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Sotheby&#8217;s says the violin&#8217;s preservation is remarkable and its <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/60-minutes-in-birthplace-of-stradivarius-violin\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">ownership history extraordinary<\/a><\/span>. <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s named for two of its famed owners &#8211; 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 in 2009. <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s believed that legendary composer Johannes Brahms was influenced by the Joachim-Ma when he wrote his &#8220;Violin Concerto in D Major&#8221; because of its rich, resonant tone, and that Joachim played that violin during the concerto&#8217;s 1879 premiere, according to Sotheby&#8217;s. <\/p>\n<p>Ma acquired the violin in 1969 and his estate gifted it to the New England Conservatory in Boston after his death. 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