a rare violin from 1679 made by renowned Italian craftsman Antonio Stradivari will be auctioned next month, and could reach US$11 million, or around R$52 million.
The “Hellier” Stradivarius is “the finest ornate violin ever made by Stradivari and one of the finest Stradivarius instruments in existence,” said auction house Christie’s, which is offering the instrument in its July 7 edition.
Embellished with ivory diamonds and finished in gold varnish, the violin is priced at £6 million to £9 million ($7.54 to $11.31 million).
Stradivari kept the instrument for 55 years, selling it in 1734 for £40 to Samuel Hellier of Wombourne, England.
“I expect a lot of interest in an instrument like this because it’s so rare it comes out of a museum,” said violin expert and Christie’s consultant Florian Leonhard.
“When can you play a violin like this and own it? It’s amazing.”
Stradivari violins are known for their exquisite craftsmanship. They cost between $8 million and $20 million, according to Leonhard.
“Of the roughly 1,100 instruments Stradivari made over the course of his career, only about a dozen are embellished with decoration, and this is considered by the Smithsonian’s trustees to be the best-preserved extant example,” Christie’s said in a statement.
Source: CNN Brasil
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