BIG PRICE FOR VIOLIN.-A world record sale room price of £8190 was paid for a Stradivarius violin at a recent auction at Christies, in London. The violin, known as the Dancla, was offered by Mr S. Kahl, a diamond merchant of Geneva, and was bought by Mr James Reno, a Manchester dealer in musical instruments. In this picture, Mr Reno is showing the violin to an interested visitor, eight-year-old Heather Shand, of Salt Lake City, Utah, after the sale.
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Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28935, 1 July 1959, Page 9
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79BIG PRICE FOR VIOLIN.-A world record sale room price of £8190 was paid for a Stradivarius violin at a recent auction at Christies, in London. The violin, known as the Dancla, was offered by Mr S. Kahl, a diamond merchant of Geneva, and was bought by Mr James Reno, a Manchester dealer in musical instruments. In this picture, Mr Reno is showing the violin to an interested visitor, eight-year-old Heather Shand, of Salt Lake City, Utah, after the sale. Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28935, 1 July 1959, Page 9
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