His firm is working with Sotheby's to sell the viola, nicknamed the "Macdonald" Strad after one of its previous owners. "It was made towards the end of what is called his 'golden period,' when he ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A rare 1719 Stradivarius (strad-ih-VEHR’-ee-uhs) viola (vee-OH’-luh) is expected to sell for more than $45 million in a private sale. Sotheby’s says that price would be a ...

A rare Stradivari viola, considered to be one of the finest musical instruments in the world, failed to sell in a sealed bid auction with a minimum bid of $45 million (£26.5 million), Sotheby's ...

A rare Stradivari viola, considered to be one of the finest in existence, is expected to fetch more than $45 million in a sealed bids sale this spring, which would set a world record for the most ...

This one is called "the Macdonald" after the 3rd Baron Macdonald, Godfrey Bosville, who purchased it in the 1820s. The late Peter Schidlof of the Amadeus Quartet acquired it in 1964.

NEW YORK (AP) - A rare 1719 Stradivarius viola is expected to sell for more than $45 million in a private sale. Sotheby's says that price would be a record for a musical instrument sold privately ...