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Originally Posted by frankmcr
Joshua Bell plays a 1713 Strad he purchased for $4mil in 2001.
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According to the Wikipedia article on him he basically traded in a previous Strad he owned. It doesn't interest me enough to hunt down the fine print about this but I really doubt even such adulterated demi-gods have the free cash to buy a multi-million instrument out-of-pocket. If they don't get them on load from a maecenas (which would undoubtedly be publicised in most cases) they'll probably get a pretty serious loan or mortgage from a bank. Which would seem like a relatively safe investment, too.
"Gibson Stradivari" is kinda funny btw
BTW: I see that one was estimated at 14 million in 2019. With values like that simply possessing and insuring it becomes a very costly affair!