The violin was made in 1736 by Italian luthier Giuseppe Guarneri, the third generation of his family to make stringed instruments, who worked as craftsman for only 16 years before dying fairly young.
was made in 1736 by Italian luthier Giuseppe Guarneri, the third generation of his family to make stringed instruments, who worked as craftsman for only 16 years before dying fairly young.
Only about 150 of his instruments are known to have survived to the present day, making them rare and highly coveted according to Aguttes, the French auction house brokering the sale, which added that a violin by Guarneri has not been seen at auction in more than 10 years. The violin is estimated by the auction house to fetch between $4.2 million to $4.7 million, but it could reach a final bid up to $10.5 million, Aguttes auctioneer Sophie Perrin toldThe violin is being sold by Regis Pasquier, a world-renowned French violinist who purchased the instrument more than two decades ago and has since performed with it in concerts at Carnegie Hall in New York, Sydney’s Opera House and the Opera Garnier in Paris.
. Unlike Guarneri, Stradivari had a long career and is believed to have crafted more than 1,100 instruments in his lifetime, of which 650 survived to the present day. A Stradiviari violin that was featured on the
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