Antonio Stradivari created this violin at his workshop in Cremona, Italy around the year 1700. It’s now up for auction at Christie’s and is expected to bring in between $1,000,000 and $1,500,000. In May of 2006, Christie’s sold Stradivari’s “The Hammer” to an anonymous telephone bidder for just over $3,500,000. Now that’s a big wad of cash!
