Penny violin sells for $1.2 million
From the Associated Press
A Stradivari owned by the first woman to play in the strings section of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra has sold for $1.2 million.
Christie’s auction house said Friday that the 1700s violin, known as the Penny, was purchased for $1,273,000 by a buyer who did not wish to be identified.
The violin’s owner, Barbara Penny, died last year.
A 1729 Stradivari violin, known as the Hammer, sold at Christie’s in 2006 for $3.5 million, which the auctioneer called a record for any musical instrument.
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