Quartet’s £2.3m concert
Musical Instruments UK: NO fewer than four sales of musical instruments took place in London between March 15 and 17: at Phillips, Sotheby’s, Bonhams and Christie’s South Kensington (all 15/10 per cent buyer’s premium). Over 1000 lots went under the hammer in all with over £2.3m netted between the four rooms.
Making a major contribution to that overall total at £500,000 was the Stradivari ’cello, pictured to…