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Stradivari Violin Sells for $1.2 Million

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1700 'Penny' Stradivarius Violin

Instrument was owned by first woman to play in Royal Philharmonic strings

MSNBC

A Stradivari owned by the first woman to play in the strings section of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra has sold for $1.2 million.

Christie's auction house said Friday that the 1700s violin, known as The Penny, was purchased for $1,273,000 by a buyer who did not wish to be identified. It had been estimated to sell for up to $1.5 million.

The violin's owner, Barbara Penny, died last year. She was the first woman accepted in the strings section of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. She performed as a soloist and chamber musician throughout Europe.

Read more about this at the MSNBC website:

   http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23959579/

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