Musical instruments ranked by hammer price at public auction in millions of USD. The 1721 Lady Blunt Stradivarius violin sold for $15.9 million at Tarisio auction in 2011 — the highest price ever paid for a musical instrument, setting a rec...
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Musical instruments ranked by hammer price at public auction in millions of USD. The 1721 Lady Blunt Stradivarius violin sold for $15.9 million at Tarisio auction in 2011 — the highest price ever paid for a musical instrument, setting a record at the time by nearly double. Stradivarius instruments dominate the upper echelon of instrument auction records due to their extraordinary tonal qualities and scarcity, with fewer than 650 surviving examples.
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Average value in 2020: 6 · median: 6.
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2008 recorded the highest combined total across all categories.
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Data Points
8
8 categories
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8 years
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Top Value
20
Duport Stradivarius Cello (1711)
Auction Price (Million USD) · 2008
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Metrics
1
Auction Price (Million USD)
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Period
2000 – 2020
8 years of data
Statistical Summary — 2020
6
Maximum
6
Minimum
6
Average
6
Median
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