OKO Foundation funds violins as interest grows in Stradivarius instruments
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The OKO Arts Foundation, owning nine historical string instruments from 1698–1867, is seeking a new player for four violins including a Stradivari known as Iiriläinen, currently with Réka Szilvay. The foundation, established in 1987, recently acquired a cello by Nicolas Lupot and watches market prices, noting a potential Guarneri violin in London priced around 2.1 million euros. One Stradivarius named Hammer was sold at Christie’s in New York for about 2.4 million euros this year.