A valuable violin with a storied past will be sold at Sotheby’s in February—and it could become the most expensive musical instrument ever auctioned. Known as the Joachim-Ma Stradivarius ...

The art of lutherie, or the making of stringed instruments, is a beautiful blend of craftsmanship and musicality. This ...

The Joachim-Ma Stradivarius is tipped to realise between $12 million and $18 million, around £10 million to £15 million. The current most valuable musical instrument, another Stradivarius, sold for ...

or those he built from the late 1720s to his death in 1737 when his instruments began to show signs of his advanced age. The 1721 Lady Blunt Stradivarius sold for a record $15.9 million (£13 ...