How many investments can bring you joy as well as financial gain? Unless pure lucre flows in your veins and you’re the sort of person for whom an excursion into the derivatives market is your greatest pleasure, then there are not many. Wine and art spring to mind, but one relatively under-exploited investment opportunity that can bring pleasure on many levels is that of world-class violins. If the violin is a high-quality instrument, it will bring steady financial appreciation as well as the chance to enable a top-flight musician to conquer the world’s concert halls.
In the world of classical music, young and highly gifted musicians find it hard to lay their hands on the quality of instruments they need for a successful international career. The best violins, the ‘old masters’, were made in Cremona in Italy in the 17th and 18th centuries; and of the finest makers of the era — Antonio Stradivari, Giuseppi Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ and Nicolò Amati — Stradivari is the best known.
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