Inside the concert hall of the Violin Museum in Cremona, Italy, Antonio de Lorenzi plays the prelude from Bach's Partita No. 3 on a Stradivarius violin. Cremona is the town where master luthier ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - 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 ended on Friday.

Cellos, in particular, are the few instruments that are considered as investments by many. Their high value of beauty, high-quality sound and instrument are said to be worth millions. In fact, Cello ...