Who crafted violins that are now worth millions of dollars each?
Machold Rare Violins US-Dollars to a group of sixteen investors. In the spring of 2007, Machold obtained a price of more than 10 million Euros for four Stradivari violins. On October 22, 2010, Dietmar Machold initiated a restructuring proceeding with self-administration with regard to his private assets. On December 1, 2010, the court revoked his right to self-administer his assets. On December 29, 2010, the court appointed a committee of creditors and the proceedings were altered to include insolvency proceedings. The business was ordered to be closed down on February 4, 2011. On October 29, 2010, Dietmar Machold initiated a restructuring proceeding with
Benning Violins Benning Violins Benning Violins is a California-based luthier business, crafting, restoring and repairing violins, violas and cellos since its opening in 1950 as Studio City Music. In 1953, it moved to its current location on Ventura Boulevard. Learning the craft from his brother-in-law, Carl Becker Sr., Paul Toenniges worked in William Lewis & Son in Chicago, and later under Rudolf Wurlitzer, finally opening his first studio in Los Angeles. Crafting up to five instruments a year, they sell for approximately 30-42 thousand dollars. Nancy, one of his daughters, together with her husband, Hans Benning, took over the studio in 1978