Lady Blunt
The Lady Blunt is a violin that was made in Cremona in 1721 by the Italian master violin maker Antonio Stradivari . It is named after the first known owner, Anne Blunt , daughter of Ada Lovelace and granddaughter of Lord Byron . It was bought by the Bremen merchant Johann Knoop around 1895 .
Like the Messiah from 1716, the Lady Blunt is in a condition that almost corresponds to the original condition. This can be explained by the fact that it was mostly owned by collectors and was rarely used. One of its owners was the French violin maker Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume .
The violin was auctioned by Sotheby’s in 1971 for a record £ 84,000 (approx. US $ 200,000 ).
In 2008, Lady Blunt was sold to the Nippon Music Foundation in a private transaction for over $ 10 million.
On June 20, 2011, it was sold online by Tarisio Auctions for £ 9.8 million (approximately $ 15.9 million). The price record at an auction - previously 3.6 million US dollars for the Stradivarius "Molitor" in 2010 - has thus more than quadrupled. The proceeds from this auction went to the Nippon Music Foundation for rebuilding after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake . At the time of sale, the Lady Blunt was described as "perhaps the best-preserved Stradivarius that has been offered for sale in the past hundred years".
Web links
- The 'Lady Blunt' Stradivarius violin, Cremona, 1721 tarisio.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Erika Thieß: The Baron's greatest treasure in: Weser-Kurier from January 11, 2019, p. 12.
- ↑ a b Stradivarius to be sold to raise money for Japan quake. In: BBC News . May 2, 2011, accessed June 15, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Stradivarius violin sold for £ 9.8m at charity auction. In: BBC News . June 21, 2011, accessed June 15, 2020 .
- ↑ a b c Martin Cullingford: $ 10m Strad to be auctioned for Japan tsunami fund. In: Gramophone. April 28, 2011, accessed June 15, 2020 .