Mary Portman
Top 6 in Top 12 Most Expensive Violins
Guarneri del Gesu also created the Mary Portman violin, which he constructed in 1735. With its hypnotizing melody, this violin is able to capture the mood of those around it. It was named after the Honorable Mary Isabel Portman, a British woman who designed and built the Kranzbacj Castle. She was Guarneri's peer's daughter.
Other violinists, like Fritz Kreisler and Adele Anthony, had the opportunity to play with it in addition to Mary Portman. This violin is now on loan from the Stradivari Society and is being played by Francisco Fullana.
Price: $10,000,000
