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NewsTwo cello records set at Sotheby’s sale of Rostropovich collection
Guadagnini and Serafin reach new highs in auction of items from the private collection of the Russian cellist and his wife Galina Vishnevskaya
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NewsViolin belonging to Russell Crowe fetches £89,500 at auction
Leandro Bisiach instrument used in the 2003 film Master and Commander was sold as part of an auction of the Australian actor’s belongings ostensibly to fund his divorce settlement
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NewsRecord estimate for Mahler Symphony no.2 manuscript
Sotheby’s to sell score from estate of businessman and musician Gilbert Kaplan
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NewsLock of Mozart’s hair smashes estimate to reach £35,000 at auction
The item, enclosed in a locket, was sold by Sotheby’s in London
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NewsLock of Mozart’s hair set to reach £12,000 at auction
Sotheby’s in London is selling the item, enclosed in a locket
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ArticleYehudi Menuhin tries out a Stradivarius violin at Sotheby's
Yehudi Menuhin tries out a Stradivarius violin at auction house Sotheby's in 1971 before the instrument goes on sale.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click here.
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ArticleRare 1719 Stradivarius viola to go on sale
The 1719 ‘Macdonald’ Stradivarius viola is to go on the market. One of only ten surviving violas made by the master luthier, the instrument will be offered for sale in a sealed bid process by auctioneers Sotheby’s and Ingles & Hayday. Made during Stradivarius’s so-called ‘golden ...
