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4 June 2026
- Vichy offers Jean-François Raffin's French bow reference collection The 4 June sale presented 45 reference bows spanning Tourte, Pajeot, Peccatte, Sartory, Ouchard, Morizot and other leading French makers.Vichy Enchères · vichy-encheres.com
12 May 2026
- Researchers investigate a Colmar violin as the looted Lauterbach Stradivari Musique et Spoliations said a 1719 Stradivari heard in Colmar closely resembled the wartime-looted Lauterbach violin, while further identification and ownership work remained necessary.Musique et Spoliations · musique-et-spoliations.com
29 April 2026
- MIT team models the Titian Stradivari as a physics-based virtual violin Researchers used CT data from the 1715 instrument to simulate tensioned strings, body vibration, surrounding air and plucked sound.MIT News · news.mit.edu
16 December 2025
- Artcurial sells a c.1727-30 Guarneri del Gesù for €2.31 million The single-lot Paris auction realized €2,314,800 for a rare violin from the collection of physicist and amateur violinist Philippe Dennery.Artcurial · artcurial.com
5 December 2025
- CITES adopts new cross-border rules for pernambuco bows CITES kept pernambuco in Appendix II while adopting permit and pre-2007 proof requirements for international bow sales, with the new rules taking effect after 90 days.International Alliance of Violin and Bow Makers for Endangered Species · alliance-international.org
4 December 2025
- Tourte cello bow sets a €375,000 auction record at Vichy The c.1815-20 François Xavier Tourte bow associated with cellist Karl Alexander Benjamin Uber sold as lot 200 on 4 December.Vichy Enchères · vichy-encheres.com
19 November 2025
- Family appeal seeks the violin once owned by Hélène Berr Musique et Spoliations reported that Mariette Job is seeking the Amati-school violin once owned by her aunt Hélène Berr, which was sold through Vichy Enchères in 2006 before its trail went cold.Musique et Spoliations · musique-et-spoliations.com
12 November 2025
- Colin Maki lends the Playfair del Gesù to Ray Ushikubo Colin Maki Inc. lent the 1741 Playfair Guarneri del Gesù violin to Colburn artist Ray Ushikubo for public performances in Los Angeles and New York.Colburn School · colburnschool.edu
31 October 2025
- Museo del Violino sends the Vesuvio Stradivari to Seoul The c.1727 violin entered a Deoksugung Palace exhibition from 31 October to 21 November as part of an Italy-Korea cultural exchange.Comune di Cremona · comune.cremona.it
8 October 2025
- Nippon Music Foundation lends the Camposelice Stradivari to Sergej Krylov The Nippon Music Foundation began a Category C loan of its 1710 Camposelice Stradivari violin to Sergej Krylov.Nippon Music Foundation · s-mf.or.jp
22 September 2025
- Nippon Music Foundation lends the Muntz del Gesù to Ulisse Mazzon The Nippon Music Foundation began a Category C loan of its 1736 Muntz Guarneri del Gesù violin to Ulisse Mazzon.Nippon Music Foundation · s-mf.or.jp
- Nippon Music Foundation places the Dolphin Stradivari with Timothy Chooi The Nippon Music Foundation began a Category A loan of its 1714 Dolphin Stradivari violin to Timothy Chooi.Nippon Music Foundation · s-mf.or.jp
27 August 2025
- Ukaria receives the Scotta Stradivari and lends it to Anthony Marwood An Australian patron donated the c.1709 Golden Period violin to Ukaria, which selected Anthony Marwood as its next player.Anthony Marwood · anthonymarwood.com
24 June 2025
- Researchers connect a violin in Japan to the missing Mendelssohn Stradivari Carla Shapreau's preliminary report connects the violin known as the 1707 Stella in Japan to the 1709 Mendelssohn Stradivari missing after its Nazi-era loss.Lost Music Project · lootedart.com
30 April 2025
- Library of Congress receives the 1690 Tuscan-Medici Stradivari viola David and Amy Fulton and the Tuscan Corporation completed a $30 million gift that made the rare Medici-commissioned viola property of the nation.Library of Congress · newsroom.loc.gov
26 March 2025
- Federal sentence closes a multi-state fine-instrument fraud case A federal judge sentenced Mark Meng to 46 months after his guilty plea in a scheme involving high-value violins and a French bow obtained from instrument shops.U.S. Department of Justice · justice.gov
10 February 2025
- Joachim-Ma Stradivari realizes $11.25 million at Sotheby's New England Conservatory reported an $11.3 million result for its 1714 Joachim-Ma Stradivari, with proceeds establishing the institution's largest named endowed scholarship.New England Conservatory · necmusic.edu
15 January 2025
- Foundation assigns the Lord Aylesford Stradivari to Zlatomir Fung The foundation announced the start of its Category A loan of the 1696 cello following a July 2024 instrument-loan review.Nippon Music Foundation · s-mf.or.jp
16 December 2024
- Foundation begins Lord Newlands Stradivari loan to Yasuko Ohtani The official announcement identifies the 1702 violin and records the arrangement as a Category C instrument loan.Nippon Music Foundation · s-mf.or.jp
27 November 2024
- Castleman places his 1707 Stradivari with Myriad USA The cross-border gift sends the violin on immediate loan to the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel, with Miclen LaiPang using it through 2027.Myriad Europe · myriadeurope.org
- Cremona exhibition traces three centuries of the Sarasate Stradivari Cremona said the 1724 Sarasate Stradivari was on display at Museo del Violino in an exhibition marking three centuries of the instrument and its custodians.Comune di Cremona · comune.cremona.it
21 August 2024
- Digital passport records the Auer, Benvenuti Stradivari provenance Vountain created a blockchain-based digital product passport for a German family foundation's 1699 Auer, Benvenuti Stradivari violin.Vountain · vountain.io
21 March 2001
- Antonio Stradivari's 1682 Violin Realizes GBP 388,500 at Sotheby's On March 21, 2001, Lenta.ru reported that a 1682 violin by Antonio Stradivari had sold at Sotheby's in London for GBP 388,500 to an anonymous private collector, below a presale forecast of up to GBP 450,000. The instrument had previously belonged to an unnamed professional musician from Europe, and the source said Stradivari made only five violins in 1682. Sotheby's instrument-department head Tim Ingles compared the model's characteristics with Stradivari's so-called golden-period violins.Lenta.ru · lenta.ru
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