In 1999, the Indianapolis competition bought the violin and its companion Francois Xavier Tourte French bow in 1999 for $1.6 million — half the price of what Reuning loosely estimates it could ...

British Transport Police said Tuesday they found a stolen 300-year-old Stradivarius violin worth more than $1 million, along with two bows valued at more than $105,000.

Estimates vary for the number of Stradivarius violins that still exist, said Lisbeth Butler, the secretary of the American Federation of Violin and Bow Makers. Most experts believe that 600 to 650 ...

We known Stradivarius violins have been reproduced and the Germany label has me wondering about the instrument. ... The maybe really good news is with — would you believe it? — the violin bow.

The school of music received a donation of 12 valuable violins and violin bows, including a rare Stradivarius, worth a total of almost $3.5 million, according to a Feb. Friday, June 6, 2025.

Violin virtuoso Frank Almond was walking to his car after an evening performance at the Wisconsin Lutheran College when someone jumped out of a van, shocked him with a stun gun and seized the rare ...

The violin, made in 1696, is one of only around 400 in the world. It was stolen with a Peccatte bow, valued at 62,000 pounds, and another bow worth more than 5,000 pounds.

For decades, virtuoso violinist Roman Totenberg played his prized Stradivarius around the world. Then one day in 1980 it was snatched. Gone. But in June, the FBI called his daughter with news.

The "Betts," a Stradivarius violin made in 1704, ... It's extremely responsive to the slightest changes in pressure and contact from the bow, and it feels easy to play.

Antonio Stradivari’s career spanned seven decades and his workshop produced almost 1,200 violas, guitars, cellos and violins. About 650 of his exquisite instruments exist today.