With a 5-string electric violin in hand, and surrounded by towering pines, Dixon’s Violin stood alone at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 20, as he began improvising on the Observatory stage.

For NEC, there is every reason to hope that the violin could fetch a historic price, perhaps exceeding that of the “Lady Blunt” Strad, sold in 2011 for $15.9 million, the world record for a musical ...

The violin, made over 300 years ago by a legendary luthier, had been expected to sell for a higher price. The proceeds will go toward a scholarship program at the New England Conservatory.

A violin made in 1714 by the legendary luthier Antonio Stradivari has sold for $11.3 million at an auction in New York, short of estimates that would have made it the most expensive instrument ...

The violin up for auction was made during Stradivari's "Golden Period" between 1707 and 1717, which experts consider the time period when he produced his finest work. Sotheby's is calling the ...