The \u2018Baltic\u2019 was previously a part of the family collection of Asian-American businessman Sau-Wing Lam (1923-1988). A musician and collector, Sau-Wing Lam also supported young musicians throughout his lifetime.<\/p>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\u2018To sell this extraordinary violin for nearly triple the previous auction record price for a Guarneri demonstrates the strength of global demand for rare and historic musical instruments,\u2019 said Carlos Tom\u00e9, Tarisio\u2019s director and head of sales. \u2018We are delighted to have been entrusted with the sale of the \u201cBaltic\u201d and to celebrate the legacy of Sau-Wing Lam, one of the great benefactors and collectors in the field of classical music.\u2019<\/p>\n
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The instrument was previously seen, alongside 25 other Guarneri violins, in a 1994 exhibition of Guarneri\u2019s work at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The catalogue for that show noted that the \u2018Baltic\u2019 represents \u2018the first fruit of new ideas, heralding a new phase in del Ges\u00f9\u2019s career\u2019.<\/p>\n
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The instrument is now the most expensive Guarneri ever sold at auction. If private sales are taken into account, however, the most expensive Guarneri ever sold is the \u2018Vieuxtemps\u2019, which fetched more than $15.9 million in a private sale in 2013. That instrument is now played by violinist Anne Akiko Meyers<\/strong><\/a>, who has it on a lifetime loan.<\/p>\n
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Another famous Guarneri instrument is the 1741 \u2018Kreisler\u2019 violin<\/strong><\/a>, so named because the famous violinist Fritz Kreisler was a previous owner (from 1904-17). That one should not be confused with the 1733 \u2018Kreisler\u2019 Guarneri, another \u2018del Ges\u00f9\u2019 previously owned by Kreisler and now owned by the Library of Congress in Washington DC.<\/p>\n
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