A nearly 300-year-old Stradivarius violin that belonged to American copper mining heiress Huguette M. Clark is up for auction in New York City. A nearly 300-year-old Stradivarius violin found in the ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A violin made by the famed Antonio Stradivari in 1714 has the potential to become the most expensive musical instrument ever sold when it goes up for auction on Friday at Sotheby's in ...

Several years ago, Stephanie Culp Smith received an old violin that had belonged to her late grandfather when he was a boy. Smith's mother had discovered the instrument while cleaning out the man's ...

BOSTON - The sale of a one-of-a-kind violin just raised $11.3 million for scholarships at Boston's New England Conservatory during an auction at Sotheby's in New York. The Joachim-Ma Stradivarius ...

Some sell for more than $3.5 million. Only 700 of them exist, and they're stored in vaults, frequently stolen and often counterfeited. The object in question? Stradivarius violins, constructed by ...

As an astonishing exhibition brings together 20 of Stradivarius's most prized violins, guitars and cellos, Ivan Hewett discovers what made their sound so special. IN THE WORLD of musical instruments, ...