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.

A valuable violin with a storied past will be sold at Sotheby’s in February—and it could become the most expensive musical instrument ever auctioned. Known as the Joachim-Ma Stradivarius, the ...

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.

Stradivarius violin crafted at ‘pinnacle’ of maker's career over 300 years ago sells for eye-popping price Funds raised from the auction will benefit a Boston-based music conservatory's ...

The ‘Joachim-Ma’ Stradivarius, 1714. Via Sotheby’s For the latter part of the 20th century, the violin was owned by Si-Hon Ma, a Chinese violinist who came to America in 1948 and earned both a ...

Stradivari's prized "Golden Period" Violinist Joshua Bell plays his Stradivarius violin from 1713 in Oakville, Calif., in 2010. Bell tells NPR there's something special about a Strad.

If the hammer price exceeds $16 million, the Joachim-Ma Stradivarius will become the most expensive musical instrument ever sold at auction, toppling the $15.9 million record set by the Lady Blunt ...

BOSTON — A 300-year-old Stradivarius violin that sold for millions at auction Friday raised money for student scholarships at Boston's New England Conservatory.

It's named for two of its famed owners - 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 ...

Another day, another study undercutting the myth surrounding the 18th-century Italian violin maker Antonio Stradivari. Since the early 20th century, musicians and instrument experts have been ...

A Stradivarius violin sold for $11.25 million at auction on Friday, showing the continued appeal of the legendary instruments, yet falling short of a record. Video from the auction at Sotheby's in ...