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GASPARO BERTOLOTTI
DA SALO VIOLA
One of the oldest violin
makers, Gasparo de-
veloped the art of string
making during the
16th century and
took on pupils
to continue the
tradition. Only
about 80 instru-
ments made by
Gasparo are still
in existence today.
Gasparo’s viola
sold at auction for
$542,500 in
April 2010.
THE LADY OF TENNANT
STRADIVARIUS
Stradivari is perhaps
the most famous name
in string instruments for
very rare and extremely
expensive violins. Italian
luthier Antonio Stradivari
created instruments from
1680 through the 1730. The Lady
of Tennant-Lafont Stradivarius was
made in 1699, the year before
what is considered Stradivari’s
‘golden era.’ The Lady Tennant
was gifted to a Scottish millionaire’s
wife who was an amateur violinist,
before being sold at Christie’s for a
record-breaking $2.03 million in April of
2005, and subsequently being loaned to
numerous modern violin luminaries.
HAMMER STRADIVARIUS VIOLIN
The violin is named after a 19th century Swedish collec-
tor and its first owner Christian Hammer. The Hammer
Stradivarius was crafted during Stradivarius’ aforemen-
tioned ‘golden era’ in 1707. The Hammer
also
shattered the Lady Tennant Strad’s
re-
cord when it sold to an anony-
mous bidder in 2006
for a
jaw-dropping
$3.54 mil-
lion after 5
minutes of
bidding.
ERIC CLAPTON’S FENDER STRATO-
CASTER
Eric Clapton constructed Black-
ie
using a ‘56 Stratocaster body,
a ‘57
neck and pickups
from
another
instrument. His
custom
guitar can
be
heard on
numerous
Clapton hits
since it was
his favorite, both
in studio
and on stage.
Clap-
ton sold Blackie
at
Christie’s in
2004 for
$959,500 to
raise funds for
his Crossroads
rehab center.