Stradivarius violin of 1714 could bring the highest price ever for a musical instrument when going to auction
A violin made in 1714 made by the famous Antonio Stradivari has the potential to become the most expensive musical instrument to ever sell when it is auctioned in New York on Friday.
The auction house estimates the value of “Joachim-Ma Stradivarius” to $ 12 million to $ 18 million. If they are sold at the upper end of that range, it could be best $ 15.9 million paid in 2011. For another Stradivarij“Lady Blunt,” she made it in 1721, and has appointed Guinness World Records the most expensive instrument ever sold at auction.
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Mari-Claudia Jimenez, Sotheby’s American President and Head Global Business, said Stradivari made a violin during his “golden period”, which began around 1700 and marked his improvement in his craft.
“So this is the highlight of his exit,” Jimenez said. “This is the best violin of this era.”
Sotheby’s says the preservation of the violin is extraordinary and its The history of ownership is unusual.
It was named for two of its famous owners – virtuoso virtuosomes Joseph Joachim from Hungary, who lived from 1831 to 1907, and SI -hon Ma, born in China in 1926, moved to the United States in 1948 and died in 2009. .
It is believed that the legendary composer Johannes Brahms was influenced by Joachim-Ma when he wrote his “Violin Concert in D Major” because of his rich, resonant tone, and that Joachim played that violin during the 1879 concert, he said in Wotheby’s.
He acquired the violin in 1969, and after his death he gave his property to the New England Conservation in Boston. He attended the Conservatory, where he gained his master’s degree in 1950.
