Editing Stradivarius (section)

==Market value==
[[File:19240427 Toscha Seidel buys Da Vinci Stradivarius violin - $25,000 - New York Times.jpg|thumb| In 1924, [[Toscha Seidel]] bought the Da Vinci Stradivarius violin for $25,000 from a private dealer from Berlin.<ref name=NYTimes_19240427>{{cite news |title=Toscha Seidel Buys Celebrated Violin |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1924/04/27/101592456.html?pageNumber=58 |work=The New York Times |date=April 27, 1924 }} Section 2, page 1.</ref>]]
[[File:Stradivarius violin front.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|Antonio Stradivari violin of 1703 on exhibit, behind glass, at the ''Musikinstrumentenmuseum'' ([[Berlin Musical Instrument Museum]]), 2006]]

A Stradivarius made in the 1680s, or during Stradivari's "Long Pattern" period from 1690 to 1700, could be worth hundreds of thousands to several million U.S. dollars at today's prices.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stradivarius.org/price/|title=Stradivarius Violin Price|access-date=2017-06-13|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170613155354/http://www.stradivarius.org/price/|archive-date=2017-06-13}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=October 2021|reason=Page seems like a blog without any editorial oversight or links to third party sources}} The 1697 "[[Molitor Stradivarius|Molitor]]"<ref>{{cite web | title=Cozio.com: violin by Antonio Stradivari, 1697 (Molitor) | url=http://www.cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=2275 | publisher=cozio.com | year=2010 | access-date=2010-10-17 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110131841/http://www.cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=2275 | archive-date=2013-11-10 }}</ref> Stradivarius, once rumored to have belonged to [[Napoleon]] (it actually belonged to a general in his army, [[List of Marshals of France|Marshal]] [[Gabriel Jean Joseph Molitor]], 1er Comte Molitor), sold in 2010 at [[Tarisio Auctions]] to violinist [[Anne Akiko Meyers]] for $3,600,000, at the time a world record.<ref>{{cite web|author=Jeanne Claire van Ryzin|title=Austin violinist Anne Akiko Meyers buys rare Stradivarius for record-setting $3.6 million|url=http://www.austin360.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/seeingthings/entries/2010/10/15/a_stradivarius_violin_thought.html?cxntfid=blogs_austin_arts_seeing_things|publisher=Austin360|year=2010|access-date=2010-10-17|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101017132233/http://www.austin360.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/seeingthings/entries/2010/10/15/a_stradivarius_violin_thought.html?cxntfid=blogs_austin_arts_seeing_things|archive-date=2010-10-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Tarisio, October 2010 (New York) – Lot 467|url=http://tarisio.com/pages/auction/auction_item.php?csid=2197438464&cpid=2510569472|publisher=Tarisio|year=2010|access-date=2010-10-17|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716193406/http://tarisio.com/pages/auction/auction_item.php?csid=2197438464&cpid=2510569472|archive-date=2011-07-16}}</ref>

Depending on condition, instruments made during Stradivari's "golden period" from 1700 to about 1725<ref>{{cite book|title=The violin: its famous makers and their imitators|last=Hart|first=George|year=1875|publisher=Dulau|location=London|pages=[https://archive.org/details/violinitsfamous00hartgoog/page/n184 130], 135|url=https://archive.org/details/violinitsfamous00hartgoog|access-date=2011-08-05}}</ref> can be worth millions of dollars. In 2011, his [[Lady Blunt Stradivarius|"Lady Blunt" violin]] from 1721, which is in pristine condition, was sold in London for $15.9&nbsp;million (it is named after [[Lord Byron]]'s granddaughter [[Anne Blunt, 15th Baroness Wentworth|Lady Anne Blunt]], who owned it for 30 years). It was sold by the Nippon Music Foundation in aid of the [[2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami|Japanese earthquake and tsunami]] appeal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/scene/2011/06/21/stradivarius-nets-16m-for-japan-quake-relief/|title=Stradivarius Nets $16M for Japan Quake Relief|author=Yoree Koh|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|date=21 June 2011|access-date=2011-06-29|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110626222834/http://blogs.wsj.com/scene/2011/06/21/stradivarius-nets-16m-for-japan-quake-relief/|archive-date=26 June 2011}}</ref> In Spring 2014 the "Macdonald" viola was put up for auction through the musical instrument auction house Ingles & Hayday in conjunction with [[Sotheby's]] via silent auction with a minimum bid of $45&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-auction-viola-idUSBREA2Q19520140327|title=Sale of rare Stradivari viola could set world auction record|first=Patricia|last=Reaney|date=2014-03-27|newspaper=Reuters|access-date=3 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924195224/http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/27/us-auction-viola-idUSBREA2Q19520140327|archive-date=24 September 2015}}</ref> The auction failed to reach its minimum bid by 25 June 2014,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-06-26/worlds-most-expensive-instrument-stradivarius-viola-fails-to-sell|title=The World's Most Expensive Instrument Just Got Slightly Cheaper|newspaper=Bloomberg.com| date=26 June 2014 |access-date=3 May 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150106002353/http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-06-26/worlds-most-expensive-instrument-stradivarius-viola-fails-to-sell|archive-date=6 January 2015}}</ref> and the viola was not sold.

[[Vice (magazine)|''Vice'' magazine]] reported in May 2013 that "in recent years, Stradivarius [[investment fund]]s have started to appear, pushing already astronomical prices even higher".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-5-million-violin-and-the-telltale-taser-inside-an-epically-stupid-crime/|title=The $5 Million Violin and the Telltale Taser: Inside an Epically Stupid Crime|author=Justin Rohrlich|publisher=Vice magazine|date=9 May 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140511194610/https://news.vice.com/article/the-5-million-violin-and-the-telltale-taser-inside-an-epically-stupid-crime|archive-date=11 May 2014}}</ref>

Stradivarius instruments are at risk of theft. Stolen instruments are often recovered, even after being missing for many years. They are difficult to sell illicitly, as dealers will typically call the police if approached by a seller with a Stradivarius known to have been stolen.<ref name="independent">{{cite news | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/roman-totenberg-violinist-who-claimed-rival-musician-stole-his-stradivarius-is-vindicated-three-years-after-his-death-10444339.html | title=Roman Totenberg: Violinist who claimed rival musician stole his Stradivarius is vindicated three years after his death | work=The Independent | date=6 August 2015 | access-date=7 August 2015 | author=Nuckols, Ben | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150809232519/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/roman-totenberg-violinist-who-claimed-rival-musician-stole-his-stradivarius-is-vindicated-three-years-after-his-death-10444339.html | archive-date=9 August 2015 }}</ref> The ''[[General Kyd Stradivarius]]'' was stolen in 2004. It was returned three weeks later by a woman who found it and handed it over to the police.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rare cello escapes CD rack fate|work=BBC News|date=15 May 2004|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3728193.stm|access-date=2008-02-09|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080406095032/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3728193.stm|archive-date=6 April 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Kevin Roderick|title=Cello returned with damage|url=http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2004/05/cello_returned.php|work=LA Observed|date=18 May 2004|access-date=2008-02-10|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011221133/http://laobserved.com/archive/2004/05/cello_returned.php|archive-date=11 October 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Cello by Antonio Stradivari, 1684 (General Kyd; ex-Leo Stern)|publisher=Cozio.com|url=http://www.cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=265|access-date=2008-02-09|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080503063512/http://www.cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=265|archive-date=2008-05-03}}</ref> The ''Sinsheimer/Iselin'' was stolen in [[Hanover, Germany]] in 2008 and recovered in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=1505|title=Violin by Antonio Stradivari, 1721 (Sinsheimer; Iselin)|publisher=Cozio.com|access-date=2009-03-12|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307082130/http://www.cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=1505|archive-date=2012-03-07}}</ref> The ''[[Lipinski Stradivarius]]'' was stolen in an armed robbery on 27 January 2014<ref>{{cite news|author=Colleen Henry|title=Multi-million dollar violin stolen from Milwaukee Symphony performer|date=2014-01-28|url=http://www.wisn.com/news/south-east-wisconsin/milwaukee/multimillion-dollar-violin-stolen-from-milwaukee-symphony-performer/-/10148890/24162024/-/n84d9t/-/index.html|work=WISN News|access-date=2014-01-28|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201164942/http://www.wisn.com/news/south-east-wisconsin/milwaukee/multimillion-dollar-violin-stolen-from-milwaukee-symphony-performer/-/10148890/24162024/-/n84d9t/-/index.html|archive-date=2014-02-01}}</ref> and subsequently recovered.<ref>{{cite news|author=Ashley Luthern|title=Stolen Stradivarius violin found in suitcase in Milwaukee attic|date=2014-02-06|url=http://www.jsonline.com/news/crime/stolen-stradivarius-violin-reportedly-recovered-in-good-condition-b99199772z1-243934631.html|work=Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel|access-date=2014-02-18|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222060947/http://www.jsonline.com/news/crime/stolen-stradivarius-violin-reportedly-recovered-in-good-condition-b99199772z1-243934631.html|archive-date=2014-02-22}}</ref> The ''[[Ames Stradivarius]]'' was stolen in 1981 and recovered in 2015.<ref name="independent" />

A number of stolen instruments remain missing, such as the ''Karpilowsky'', stolen in 1953;<ref>{{cite web|title=Violin by Antonio Stradivari, 1712 (Karpilowsky)|url=http://www.cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=3078|publisher=Cozio.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101214195416/http://cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=3078|archive-date=2010-12-14}}</ref> the ''Davidoff-Morini'', stolen in 1995;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/arttheft/northamerica/us/music/10181995/10181995.htm|title=Theft Notices & Recoveries|publisher=FBI Art Theft Program|access-date=2007-04-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070402181333/http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/arttheft/northamerica/us/music/10181995/10181995.htm|archive-date=2007-04-02}}</ref> and the ''Le Maurien'', stolen in 2002.<ref>{{cite web|title=Violin by Antonio Stradivari, 1714 (Le Maurien)|url=http://www.cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=443|publisher=Cozio.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210190950/http://www.cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=443|archive-date=2008-12-10}}</ref>