Two Facts About the Stradivarius Violin You Probably Didn’t Know
August 3rd, 2009 . by admin
One, they are old and rare. Today there are only about 700 of these instruments remaining all which were made over two hundred years ago. This makes them extremely rare and extremely valuable. Because of this they need to be stored in vaults when not being used as they are frequently stolen and counterfeited. Two, they can sell for millions. These violins are very expensive they sell for millions the highest ever paid for a Stradivarius violin at a public auction was $3,544,000. Although this may seem like a huge sum of money there have been private sales of these instruments that have vastly exceeded this amount. There are two reasons for the price being so high. The first is the sound quality these are the best sounding violins ever made and the second is basic economics, the rarer anything is the more valuable it becomes and the higher the price.
