A Stradivarius crafted in 1714 goes up for auction this week. Sotheby's expects it to fetch between $12 and $18 million.

HUANGQIAO, China -- Here in the world's biggest violin-making town, young Chinese artisans are moving away from the mass production model to focus on hand-crafted quality in a bid to add value to ...

who donated the violin to the music school. Sotheby's will carry out the sale on Feb. 7 in New York as part of its Masters Week of auctions. "'Strad' is... like a household name for the violin ...