On violinist.com, Laurie Niles reports the private sale of the 1715 Baron Knoop Stradivarius violin for a world record $23 million. The last record was set in 2011 when the 1721 Lady Blunt went for $15,875,800.
The Baron Knoop was owned by US collector David Fulton, who bought it in February 1992 for $2.75 million.
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