Stradivarius violin sells at £9.8m for Japan tsunami fund

Rare 'Lady Blunt' violin breaks Stradivarius auction record to raise money for Japan's tsunami relief fundA Stradivarius violin has set a new auction record after selling for £9.8m.The "Lady Blunt" – named after its 19th-century owner Lady Anne Blunt, an Arabian horse breeder who was Lord Byron's granddaughter – was sold by the Nippon music foundation to raise money for Japan's tsunami relief fund.It was bought by an unnamed bidder for four times the previous Stradivarius violin record. The...

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