In 1999, the Indianapolis competition bought the violin and its companion Francois Xavier Tourte French bow in 1999 for $1.6 million — half the price of what Reuning loosely estimates it could ...

We known Stradivarius violins have been reproduced and the Germany label has me wondering about the instrument. ... The maybe really good news is with — would you believe it? — the violin bow.

A Milwaukee man who pleaded guilty in the theft of a $5 million Stradivarius violin was due to be sentenced Thursday, at the same hearing where the other man charged in the case was expected to ...

The school of music received a donation of 12 valuable violins and violin bows, including a rare Stradivarius, worth a total of almost $3.5 million, according to a Feb. Friday, June 6, 2025.

For decades, virtuoso violinist Roman Totenberg played his prized Stradivarius around the world. Then one day in 1980 it was snatched. Gone. But in June, the FBI called his daughter with news.

Three people were arrested for stealing a 1.2 million-pound ($1.85 million) antique violin from an internationally acclaimed musician while she stopped for a snack at a London sandwich bar, Brit ...

VENTURA, Calif. (CN) – A Southern Californian used Stradivarius violins as the cornerstone of a ruse to defraud two men of millions of dollars, the investors claim in court. John Skirtich and Martin ...

Antonio Stradivari’s career spanned seven decades and his workshop produced almost 1,200 violas, guitars, cellos and violins. About 650 of his exquisite instruments exist today.