Most expensive cello sold at auction
- Who
- The Cholmondeley
- What
- 682000 UK pound(s) sterling
- Where
- United Kingdom (London,)
- When
- 22 June 1998
The highest ever auction price for a violon cello is £;682,000 ($ 1,217,711) paid at Sothebys, London, UK on 22 June 1988 for a Stradivarius known as The Cholmondeley, which was made in Cremona, Italy c. 1698.