I heard music ... me Mr. Lopez — of the response to the first column I wrote about him. Soon after, six readers sent him violins, two others gave him cellos and one donated a piano we hauled ...

Previous owner, US collector David L. Fulton, had bought the violin in February 1993 for $2.75 million. It was sold this time to an anonymous buyer. “The fiddle deserves this accolade,’ Fulton told ...