Instruments by Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume were all the rage in the mid-19th century. His production was...

Paul Childs was a violinist by training who developed a profound love of old French bows early in...

Violin backs are typically made of maple that has distinctive horizontal stripes called flame. The...

Beloved instrument collector Shi Wen-Long passed away Saturday, November 18th at the age of 96....

No man is an island,” wrote the poet John Donne in 1624, and he was right: Unquestionably, our...

As none other, Francois Tourte was born to make bows. We must imagine him as a young man...

The catalog for our June auction in New York goes online today, May 17. There are some very...

The period in which Guarneri made the ‘Baltic’ was significant for the young maker: He moved into a...

In anticipation of Thursday’s sale of the ‘ex-Perlman, Klausner’ Peter Guarneri of Venice, we prepared...

The catalog for our November auction in New York goes online tomorrow, October 26th. There are some very...

Jason Price previews featured highlights of our October London sale before the catalog goes online...

Jason Price previews featured highlights of our October Berlin sale before the catalog goes online...

Technological advances over the past fifty years have enhanced the study and trade of historical stringed instruments. Digital...

Berlin-based historian Joseph Pearson has written a new book about everyday objects that tell stories...

David Fulton, arguably the world’s most important living collector of violins, has just written a...

This week's Carteggio features an excerpt from Dmitry Gindin's new book The Modern Italian Violinmakers....

Last week, I shared an overview of our July sale in New York. Today, I'm going to look...

Our July auction in New York includes an exciting range of instruments, and this week, I’m pleased to...

Born on October 13, 1911 into a family of musicians in Biarritz, André Navarra was, from an early...

This Sunday, April 25th, we invite you to join us for an online event celebrating the launch of...

Recently, impressive strides have been made in the science of extracting meaning and concepts from...

Today was April Fools’, and in line with our long tradition of prankery, we pretended that we had...

Any responsible discussion of violin labels begins with a caveat: most labels you will see are false. Refuse...

As with people, instruments too have stories. They tell of great romances and distant voyages, familial dramas, moving...

I am pleased to offer an advance preview of some highlights from our March auction. It's a diverse...

In 2015 I was contacted by Angela Ortiz Muñoz, a finance doctoral candidate at the University of Luxemburg,...

Our latest maker challenge, featuring the highlights from our March 2020 London auction

The life of Joseph Gillott whose violin collection caused a sensation when it was sold in 1872

How did you fare in our February New York highlights quiz? Full questions and answers here

The story of Beethoven’s quartet of instruments, which was recently reunited at the Beethoven-Haus museum...

Baroque violinist Rachel Podger talks about her 18th-century violin, thought to be by the rare...

Leonora Jackson McKim and the 1709 Stradivari violin that bears her name, by Alessandra Barabaschi

Tall tales, a fake Strad and a lot of Guarneris – the violins of Fritz Kreisler

Ten stolen instruments and some dramatic recoveries, including the ‘Ames, Totenberg’ Strad

John Dilworth goes in search of Stradivari's sons, part 1

Charles Beare shares memories of his friend Jacqueline du Pré and her cellos

We go in search of the mysterious collector Baron Johann Knoop

Carla Shapreau investigates how the digital revolution has affected the violin market

Jason Price introduces the newly integrated Cozio and Tarisio archives

We examine the influence of Scarampella on the modern Mantuan school, part 2

Two rare Genoese violins from the early 18th century

Thirteen fine decorated bows from the collection of German expert Walter Hamma