(SOUNDBITE OF CELLO AND PIANO) MARTIN: The 300-year-old instrument is known as The Countess of Stanlein and it's one of only 60 Stradivarius cellos in existence today. Now, this celebrated ...

A $3.5-million Stradivarius cello owned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic has been stolen from a home in Los Feliz. No other items were taken. The instrument, played by Philharmonic principal ...

But that's what happened at the Spanish Royal Palace in Madrid where an extremely rare Stradivarius cello is reported to have broken while it was being handled by experts during a photoshoot.

See About archive blog posts. A rare cello made nearly 300 years ago by Italian master Antonio Stradivari that had been expected to set a record price failed to sell in an online auction that ...

A rare Stradivarius cello is expected to set a world record when it goes to auction this fall. The cello, which was owned for decades by the British cellist Amaryllis Fleming, is being sold by the ...

A cello made by Antonio Stradivari in 1698 sold for $1.2 million at a London auction on Tuesday, a record price for a musical instrument. The cello was among instruments in the sale at Sotheby`s ...

“There’s a bottomlessness to the possibilities,” says renowned cellist Evan Drachman, who played his first Stradivarius cello at 18 and whose grandfather was the celebrated Ukrainian-born ...

MADRID – A Stradivarius cello housed at the Spanish Royal Palace was broken in an accident, an official said Monday. The instrument could be worth more than $20 million. A National Heritage ...

A rare 320-year-old stolen Stradivarius cello had a narrow escape - from being converted into a CD holder. The $3.5m instrument, made in 1684 and owned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, was ...