Lord Wilton

The Lord Wilton violin is one of Guarneri del Gesu's most expensive instruments. In 1742, it was created in Cremona and named after Seymore Egerton, the 4th Earl of Wilton. This vintage violin belonged to him in the nineteenth century. Between 1978 and 1999, the violin was owned by Yehudi Menuhin, an American violinist.

Menuhin's violin was purchased for $6 million by collector David L. Fulton after Menuhin's death in 1999. Other great violinists, like Lord Wilton and Yehudi Menuhin, have also had the opportunity to play this violin. Zlatko Balokovic, Itzhak Perlman, and Lady Speyer are among them.

Price: $6,000,000