robertdo Posted April 4, 2014 Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 People seem to brace themselves for a new record at the auction of the Stradivarius MacDonald viola. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
not telling Posted April 4, 2014 Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 Anyone want to take bets on what it will fetch? I guess the reserve may not be met. It's a decent bet in this case, although I believe there probably are buyers at the ready. Sky's the limit. OP, do you have more info? Is the auction happening today? Eta...just read in the LA Times that we don't get to hear the result until June 25. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertdo Posted April 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 No really more information. I just saw this small video on the french news. http://www.lemonde.fr/culture/video/2014/04/04/un-stradivarius-pour-45-millions-de-dollars_4396093_3246.html they say they expect even more than 45 millions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violadamore Posted April 4, 2014 Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 they say they expect even more than 45 millions. That's a lot of Big Macs. For that kind of money I could corner the Dutzend market Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendrik Posted April 5, 2014 Report Share Posted April 5, 2014 Would Sotheby put out this kind of reserve and risk looking a bit say uninformed if it wasn't met? Doubtful. Chances are they have already contacted interested parties and know what they are doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will L Posted April 5, 2014 Report Share Posted April 5, 2014 Is the 45 million an estimate or a reserve? I doubt it's a reserve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gowan Posted April 5, 2014 Report Share Posted April 5, 2014 Supposedly bidding starts at 45 million USD so I guess you could say it's a reserve, technically, but maybe there is an even higher reserve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omobono Posted April 5, 2014 Report Share Posted April 5, 2014 The blurb here mentions: "The 'Macdonald' Viola by Antonio Stradivari will be offered via sealed bid by Sotheby's and Ingles & Hayday." Anyone know how common or otherwise this is in the instrument trade? http://www.sothebys.com/content/sothebys/en/news-video/videos/2014/03/the-macdonald-viola-by-stradivari.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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