Archive | December, 2010

Antonio Stradivari

Edmund & Wheeler Facilitates Exchange of the 1697 “Molitor Strad”

From 1695 to 1725 Antonio Stradivari hand crafted his finest instruments. He built some 1,100 instruments during this time (not all were violins)  some estimates indicate that there are still over 600 of these instruments still in existence. Recently, the Molitor Strad (once reportedly owned by Napoleon) was sold at auction by Tarisio for a record breaking $3.6M. The instrument […]

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