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In Joshua Bell's hands, 'the Mona Lisa of violins' smiles againNews: Joshua Bell promotes on sale "Vieuxtemps" del Gesu at Chicago Symphony concerts.
I wonder if any of our Chicago v.commers heard this concert? If so, any comments about the violin. I guess if you are trying to sell a fiddle you couldn't wish for a better "salesman" than Joshua Bell to promote it! http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/chi-1008-classicaloct08,0,1081106.column Now, how many v.commers are there, divide 18 million by the total, and we could all chip in our contribution to have a time-share in a del Gesu!
From Hansjürgen Kohlhaas
Posted on October 9, 2009 at 09:27 PM the tag can't be 18M. They forgot the dot between the 1 and the 8. Rosalind, you wouldn't want to trade your Johannes with the VieuxXXXX at the new price, after selling your villa plus Land Rover? Haj From Rosalind Porter
Posted on October 10, 2009 at 12:15 AM Hans-Juergen - I'm pretty certain it IS $18million... Have seen the amount mentioned in other articles about this violin. Makes the mind boggle doesn't it? I wouldn't trade in Johannes for anything (she says loudly since she's got 2 concerts this weekend and he needs to behave...!) From Raphael Klayman
Posted on October 10, 2009 at 12:24 AM Just today someone showed me this article. $18 million USD is correct - and insane! Where will it end? I don't feel too sorry for Joshua Bell for not being able to afford it. He's doing pretty well for himself with a Strad that he does own, a great career, and a loft in Gramercy Park - one of Manhattan's most exclusive neighborhoods! From Stephen Symchych
Posted on October 10, 2009 at 03:38 PM Gotta wonder if there isn't a bubble about to burst. I mean, yes-- the supply of rare violins shrinks a bit every year through wear and accident. And, yes, the Chinese and maybe the Indians and Koreans will have a few merchant princes who want to be seen buying and owning icons of western wealth. Then there are even one or two musicians whose careers justify the purchase price. Then what? How many amateurs are there who can afford 7 figures for a violin and will buy one instead of a painting, a yacht, a batch of horses, or a home on Hobe Sound? From Rosalind Porter
Posted on October 10, 2009 at 11:35 PM Stephen - I've been chatting to some of the string players in my community orchestra and you might be surprised at the exceptional quality of the instruments some of them are playing - many worth well into the high 5 or 6 figures (my stand partner, a retired doctor, is playing an absolutely stunning Vuillaume, and that's not the only top notch violin he owns...) I think there are many, many music loving professionals and collectors, quite apart from players, who will continue to drive the current market in instruments, not even to start thinking about the continually developing Far Eastern market at the stratospheric end of the price scale... From Jonathan Frohnen
Posted on October 11, 2009 at 04:23 AM Stunnnning violin...but 18 million??!?!?!? From Krisztian Gabris
Posted on October 11, 2009 at 05:50 PM I wonder if he's putting his 40 dollar shoulder rest on that violin too..... hehehe |
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