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The Lady Blunt, like the Messiah, has remained in the care of collectors for much of the past century; as a result, it does not bear any of the marks of wear and tear of instruments that have been in regular use show. |
The Lady Blunt, like the Messiah, has remained in the care of collectors for much of the past century; as a result, it does not bear any of the marks of wear and tear of instruments that have been in regular use show. |
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The known history of the “Lady Blunt” starts with the famous collector, Parisian dealer and maker, Jean Baptiste Vuillaume in 1864<ref>http://www.cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=289</ref>. Upon its sale by Vuillaume on the recommendation of Leopold Jansa to his student, the Lady Anne Blunt (for who it is named), daughter of the Earl of Lovelace and granddaughter of Lord Byron. Lady Blunt treasured her violin for over thirty years and sold it finally through Emil Hamma to the German dealer Edler in 1895 just prior to his death<ref>http://www.cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=289</ref>. It was purchased by W.E. Hill & Sons the following year and sold immediately to their client, the collector Baron Johann Knoop<ref>http://www.cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=289</ref>. |
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Knoop parted with the violin in 1900 whereupon it was sold by Hills to J.E. Street of Caterham, a celebrated amateur violinist and underwriter of Lloyds<ref>http://www.cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=289</ref>. Street purchased the violin for his son who was a promising young violinist. The violin was sold again by Hills in 1915 to a noted collector of his time, Richard Bennett<ref>http://www.cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=289</ref>. On Bennett’s death in 1930 the violin was purchased by Hills and remained in their collection until 1941 when they sold it through the dealer Robert Bower to the Swiss dealer and collector, Henry Werro<ref>http://www.cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=289</ref>. It was next sold by Hills in 1959 to the noted American collector, Sam Bloomfield of California who later offered it in 1971 at Sotheby’s auction<ref>http://www.sothebys.com/app/live/dept/DepartmentGlobal.jsp?dept_id=143</ref>. It sold then for the record price of $84,500.00 to Hills on behalf of Robin Loh, the collector of Singapore. Mr. Loh lent the violin to the 1987 Stradivari exhibition in Cremona organized by Charles Beare and kept the violin until 2000 when it was sold by Andrew Hill to a private collector.<ref>http://www.cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=289</ref> In 2008 the Nippon Music Foundation of Japan bought the violin in a private sale and reportedly paid more than $10 million<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13258256</ref>. |
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On April 26, 2011, The Nippon Music Foundation announced that they will sell the “Lady Blunt” Stradivarius though Tarisio Auctions at their June 20, 2011 online auction<ref>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704330404576291270903154748.html</ref>. All proceeds from the sale will benefit the Nippon Foundation’s Northeastern Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Fund. |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
Revision as of 14:11, 5 May 2011
The “Lady Blunt” Stradivarius violin of 1721 is a violin made by Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari of Cremona.[1] The “Lady Blunt” stands above all other Stradivari violins in terms of its survival in near perfect, original condition, along with the “The Messiah, sobriquet Le Messie” of 1716.
The Lady Blunt, like the Messiah, has remained in the care of collectors for much of the past century; as a result, it does not bear any of the marks of wear and tear of instruments that have been in regular use show.
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