Stradivarius
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A Stradivarius is a string instrument, such as a violin, viola, cello, or guitar, crafted during the late 17th and early 18th centuries by Antonio Stradivari and other members of the Stradivari family
Antonio Stradivari, by Edgar Bundy, 1893: a romanticized image of a craftsman-hero
In 1924, Toscha Seidel bought the Da Vinci Stradivarius violin for $25,000 (equivalent to $469,660 in 2025) from a private dealer from Berlin.
Antonio Stradivari violin of 1703 on exhibit, behind glass, at the Musikinstrumentenmuseum (Berlin Musical Instrument Museum), 2006
Lady Blunt Stradivarius
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The Lady Blunt is a Stradivarius violin made in 1721 by the renowned Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari. It is named after one of its first known owners, Lady Anne Blunt, the British co-founder of the
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…Depending on condition, instruments made during Stradivari's "golden period" from 1700 to about 1725 can be worth millions of dollars. In 2011, his "Lady Blunt" violin from 1721, which is in pristine condition, was sold in London for $15.9 million (it is named after Lord Byron's granddaughter Lady Anne Blunt, who owned…
The 1721 Lady Blunt