James Dubeck
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NPR News Now
NPR News: 02-09-2025 7PM EST
Antonio Stradivari is often considered the world's greatest violin maker. He built hundreds of instruments in Cremona, Italy in the late 1600s and early 1700s. About 600 of his violins survive today. Musicians say the old instruments have a special brilliance. They often sell for millions. Sotheby's Auction House had said this violin from 1714 could break a record.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 02-09-2025 7PM EST
But on Friday, it fell short. The final price tag with auction house fees was $11.3 million. Another Stradivari violin holds the record for the most expensive musical instrument sold at auction. It sold for nearly $16 million in 2011. James Dubeck, NPR News.