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How much of what we think of as the beautiful sound of a Stradivarius is the instrument itself — and how much is the brand? Is A Stradivarius Just A Violin? The Stradivarius violin gets its name from ...
This week, a violin made by famed Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari could become the most expensive musical instrument ever sold at auction. Sotheby's is estimating that a Stradivarius made in 1714 ...
COLLEGE STATION -- Some Texas A&M researchers want to clone cattle, others want to grow a better carrot, find a way to control fire ants or build a sturdier bridge. Biochemist Joseph Nagyvary thinks ...
The denouement of a 35-year drama takes place Thursday at the U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan. And I trust that my father, virtuoso violinist Roman Totenberg, who died three years ago, will be ...
A valuable violin with a storied past will be sold at Sotheby’s in February—and it could become the most expensive musical ...
Sotheby's employee's returned the Joachim-Ma Stradivarius Violin to it's glass case at Sotheby's Auction House on Monday in New York City. Photo by Peter Foley/UPI Feb. 3 (UPI) --A Sotheby's auction ...