Sotheby's has been consigned by the New England Conservatory (NEC) to auction the Joachim-Ma Stradivarius violin with an estimate of $12 million to $15 million. The working instrument was crafted ...

Though he made cellos and violas, as well, his violin-making techniques were what made him famous. As Stradivari historian Toby Faber writes for Sotheby’s, Stradivarius violins have “no modern ...