WASHINGTON (CBS/AP) — Renowned violinist Roman Totenberg left his beloved Stradivarius in his office while greeting well-wishers after a concert in 1980. When he returned, it was gone. Its case was ...

This week, a violin made by famed Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari could become the most expensive musical instrument ever sold at auction. Sotheby's is estimating that a Stradivarius made in 1714 ...

The violin's unusual story involves musicians, police, the FBI and an appraiser. — -- A centuries-old "Ames" Stradivarius violin that was stolen from the late renowned violinist Roman Totenberg ...

How much of what we think of as the beautiful sound of a Stradivarius is the instrument itself — and how much is the brand? Is A Stradivarius Just A Violin? The Stradivarius violin gets its name from ...

There is a certain paradox to the greatest violins. No matter how uniform the testimony of their players and audiences, a skeptic might question their supremacy. After all, these instruments have been ...

NEW YORK -- Renowned violinist Roman Totenberg left his beloved Stradivarius in his office while greeting well-wishers after a concert in 1980. When he returned, it was gone. Its case was later found ...

The Stradivarius violin gets its name from master craftsman Antonio Stradivari. When he died in 1737, his secrets died with him: No one has ever been able to duplicate the sound of the violins or ...

For three and a half decades, Roman Totenberg's family wondered what had happened to the Stradivarius violin that disappeared from his office. Then one day in June, his daughter received a phone call ...