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Stradivarius at $15.9 Million Means Investors Bet on Violins
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The first time Satu Vanska held the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s $1.8 million Stradivarius and played the opening notes of Jean Sibelius’s violin concerto, she knew she wanted it.
“The thought that it could be yours, it makes you a little nervous -- and very happy,” Vanska, 32, assistant leader of the Sydney-based orchestra, said in a telephone interview.