Violin Made in K. L. Dachau Discovered! During World War II, Polish-Jewish luthier Franciszek “Franz” Kempa was imprisoned at Dachau, the first concentration camp established by the Nazis in 1933 in ...

A musical instrument known as the violin of hope, which was made during World War II, has revealed a long buried secret after art dealers discovered a handwritten message left inside by its maker ...

"Trial instrument, made under difficult conditions with no tools and materials," the worn note read. "Dachau. Anno 1941, Franciszek Kempa." The origins of the violin, built in 1941 by Franciszek ...

“If you look at its proportions and structure, you can see that it’s a master violin, made by a man who was proficient in his craft,” said Szandra Katona, one of the Hungarian art dealers ...

When Ma died in 2009, his estate gifted the violin to the New England Conservatory. Stradivari made this violin—with maple and spruce woods and a rich red varnish—during his “golden period ...

A Stradivarius violin made at the "pinnacle" of Antonio Stradivari’s career sold at auction for an eye-popping price this week. The musical instrument, crafted in 1714 by Stradivari, the luthier ...

A violin made in 1714 by the legendary luthier Antonio Stradivari sold for $11.3 million at an auction in New York on Friday, short of estimates that would have made it the most expensive instrument ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A violin made in 1714 by the legendary luthier Antonio Stradivari sold for $11.3 million at an auction in New York on Friday, short of estimates that would have made it the most ...

WELCOMING TO ALL KIDS. A 300 YEAR OLD VIOLIN WITH LOCAL TIES WAS AUCTIONED OFF FOR SOME PRETTY BIG BUCKS. TODAY, 300 YEARS OLD, AND WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR HOW MUCH IT WENT FOR. BUT FIRST, NEWSCENTER ...

IT IS KNOWN AS A MASTERPIECE OF SOUND. THE FAMED STRADIVARIUS VIOLIN. THIS ONE IS PARTICULARLY SPECIAL. IT HAS A REALLY SIGNIFICANT HISTORY NAMED AFTER AND CRAFTED BY ANTONIO STRADIVARI, ITALIAN ...