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SEXY GLAM
MAGAZINE - APRIL 2018
MACDONALD STRADIVARIUS
VIOLA
The MacDonald, named after
one of its 19th century owners is
one of the only 10 Stradivarius violas
intact today. It was played by the eminent Ama- deus
Quartet co-founder Peter Schidlof until his death in 1987.
The prized viola was put up for auction with a stupefying
minimum bid of $45 million in 2014, but failed to secure a buyer.
DUPORT STRADIVARIUS CELLO
Named after its one-time
owner, 19th century
cellist Jean-Louis
Duport, the 1711
Stradivari-crafted
cello was purchased by
the Nippon Music Founda-
tion, who are inexhaustible
Strad collectors in 2008 for
a cool $20 million, despite its
visible dent, rumored to be
caused by Napoleon
Bonaparte’s
boots when
Duport
allowed
Bona-
parte to
handle
the infa-
mous cello.
LADY BLUNT STRADIVARIUS
VIOLIN
The Lady Blunt is one of the
only 2 best-preserved Stradi-
vari-build violins in existence,
which was auctioned for
charitable relief after the
2011 Tohoku earth-
quake and tsunami.
The online sale
raised $15.9 million,
nearly 5 times the
amount of the previous
Stradivarius record
holder. It is believed that
the best-preserved Strad
offered for sale in the
past century.