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classical.net
The article reports that a Stradivari violin known as The Penny, owned by Barbara Penny and associated with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, sold for $1,273,000 at Christie’s with an estimated price of up to $1.5 million.
elu24.postimees.ee
The Stradivari violin named The Penny, made by Antonio Stradivari, sold at auction in New York for 1.27 million dollars, about 12.6 million kroons. The instrument, 300 years old, was previously owned by pianist and violinist Barbara Penny and was auctioned after her death; the buyer was anonymous. Reuters reported the details.
ezadar.net.hr
The Italian master Antonio Stradivari violin, named Penny after previous owner Barbara Penny, sold at Christie’s auction in New York for 1.27 million dollars. Penny had been estimated at 1 to 1.5 million dollars. Stradivari, who lived in Cremona, built about 1,100 instruments, of which 650 survive.
reuters.com
The Penny Stradivarius, a 300-year-old Antonio Stradivari violin, sold for $1.27 million at Christie’s in New York. The buyer was anonymous, and the sale price was below the $3.54 million paid for The Hammer in 2006.
independent.co.uk
The article reports a £10,000 reward offered for a 1698 Venice-made Goffriller violin left on a Taunton-bound train by Robert Napier. The instrument, valued at £180,000 in London, disappeared after Napier left the train at Bedwyn on 29 January; the bow bears the stamp R Sartory.
ezadar.net.hr
The article reports Srećković Philippe Quint, nominated for a Grammy, discovering his 1723 Antonio Stradivari violin, known as Ex-Keisewetter, worth $4 million, left in a taxi that brought him to New York's Battery Park. The violin remained in its case on the back seat until the taxi company assisted with the recovered instrument.
paavoproject.blogspot.com
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that Israeli violinist Pinchas Zukerman will perform Bruch's Violin Concerto in G minor with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Paavo Jarvi, and will host a master class for CCM string students in room 1630 of the Corbett Center for the Performing Arts at CCM Village. An added note mentions a recent sale of a Guarneri del Gesu violin for $3.9 million in Moscow.
goodnewsnetwork.org
A Newark cabbie was honored by the mayor with a medallion for reuniting touring musician Philippe Quint with his $4 million 1723 Antonio Stradivari violin after it was left in the cab. The instrument was valued at upward of $4 million and Quint fell to his knees and cried when it was returned.
bbs.wenxuecity.com
The article mentions violinist Philippe Quint reuniting with a $4 million 1723 Antonio Stradivari ex-Keisewetter violin after it was left in a taxi; the incident occurred in New York and Newark, with the owner Mohamed Khalil returning the instrument.