小提琴為何那麼值錢??(超超超......緊急)

I think, those violins which are over HK$150,000 are out of its true intrinsic value but conceptual value. That means, it is not just a violin for playing, but for symbolizing social status of the owner in terms of wealth and taste. Therefore, such kind of violins would mostly appear in auction --- a game among the rich instead of musicians. Just like the case in paintings.

Now, the most expensive violin is close to HK$20 million!!! The underlying factors to achieve this includes:
1. it is an authentic violin made by a legendary violin maker (e.g. Stradivari, Amati, Guarneri, Maggini);
2. it has been used, not necessarily owned, by celebrated violinists in the past (e.g. Heifetz, Stern, Oistrakh, Menuhin, etc.), as well as the living ones (e.g. Perlman, Shaham, Bell, etc.), in concerts and on recordings;
3. very good condition without any defect.

To conclude, such kind of violin is based on a concept "legendary". Fortunately and unfortunately, no newly made violin can produce tone quality like these "legendary" violins.

圖片參考：http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cd/Antonio_stradivari.jpg

Antonio Stradivari examining an instrument, in a Romantic 19th-century print.

Most Expensive Musical Instruments

圖片參考：http://images.forbes.com/media/lifestyle/2006/04/11/1_0411feat.jpg

© Christie's


Most Expensive Violin*
"The Lady Tennant," Stradivarius violin
$2.03 million
Crafted in 1699, the violin was first owned by Charles Philippe Lafont, a contemporary of Nicolo Paganini. It gets its name from Scottish industrialist Sir Charles Tennant, who bought the instrument in 1900 for his wife, Marguerite Miles, an amateur violinist.
It was sold by Christie's New York in April 2005.
*All sales numbers are for most expensive publicly auctioned instruments.

圖片參考：http://images.forbes.com/media/lifestyle/2006/04/11/2_0411feat.jpg

© Christie's


No. 2 Violin
"The Kreutzer," Stradivarius violin
$1.58 million*
This instrument belonged to musician Rodolphe Kreutzer, to whom Beethoven dedicated one of his best-known violin sonatas (The Kreutzer Sonata). Crafted in 1727, it was sold for £947,500 by Christie's London in 1998.

*Calculated at 1998 exchange rates. “The Kreutzer” would be No. 3 if it had been priced in U.S. dollars.

圖片參考：http://images.forbes.com/media/lifestyle/2006/04/11/3_0411feat.jpg

© Christie's


No. 3 Violin
"The Mendelssohn," Stradivarius violin
$1.78 million*
This 1720 crimson-hued fiddle is said to have been the influence for the film "The Red Violin." Owned by wealthy bankers in Berlin who were descendants of composer Felix Mendelssohn, it sold for £902,000 by Christie's London in November 1990.
*Calculated at 1990 exchange rates. “The Mendelssohn” would be No. 3 if it had been priced in U.S. dollars.

小提琴為何那麼值錢??

1. 品質
2. 名氣 (xxx曾在xx年用過)
3. 最主耍的是名家製做之高質限量板, 有名有姓, 產量一定不多, 現今只剩多少只(愈少當然愈值錢).
4. 最高價的一只(芬籣製造)值US$860,000.00 (以我所知, 未必100%準確)

要睇下佢地ge歷史價值,,保養得愈好,,材料同音色又好ge,,年代愈古老ge就愈貴,,或者個小提琴係邊個出色ge音樂家用過ge,,都會好貴...
相反,,材料,音色愈差ge,,又冇歷史ge就愈便。