Lady Blunt goes down in straight shootout

Lady Blunt goes down in straight shootout

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norman lebrecht

June 20, 2011

There were two strong bidders for the Lady Blunt Stradivarius and the winner paid £8.75 million ($14.2m), an auction record for a Cremona instrument. Plus a million and a bit more to the auction house.

That’s a lot of money for a trophy instrument that will never be played after decades of disuse. The buyer remains anonymous, wisely no doubt.

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