Violin used to play Over the Rainbow in Wizard of Oz expected to sell for more than $20m

Instrument featured in Over the Rainbow in the 1939 musical classic was made in Antonio Stradivari’s ‘golden period’

A Stradivarius violin “of outstanding power and beauty” used to play Over the Rainbow in The Wizard of Oz is expected to break records when it is put up for auction next week.

The 308-year-old violin, previously owned by Toscha Seidel, one of the greatest violinists of the 20th century, was created during Antonio Stradivari’s celebrated “golden period” and is expected to sell for more than $20m (£16m) when it goes under the hammer at specialist auction house Tarisio on 9 June, making it the most valuable violin ever sold at auction.

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