An 18th-century Stradivari violin has been sold for £1.38 million - the second highest price ever paid for a musical instrument at auction.
The instrument, which is known as “Solomon, Ex-Lambert”, went under the hammer at Christie’s in New York for $2,728,000.
The violin was made in Cremona, Italy, by famed stringed instrument maker Antonio Stradivari in 1729.
The world record price for a musical instrument sold at auction was set by another Stradivari - “The Hammer” - which went for $3,544,000 (£1.8 million) at Christie’s in May last year.
Interesting isn’t it? I never knew that a violin could worth that much lol.
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