Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Rare Stradivari Viola Fails to Attract Buyer by MICHAEL COOPER

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By MICHAEL COOPER


Maybe the rare-instruments market is showing signs of coming back to earth a bit, or maybe Sotheby’s and Ingles & Hayday simply asked for too much money for a fiddle.Whatever the reason, the “Macdonald” viola — a rare Stradivari viola — failed to attract a buyer when a sealed-bid sale came to an end on Wednesday and no one had offered to pay the record $45 million asking price.


Published: June 25, 2014 at 4:00AM






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