A 300-year-old violin used to record Over The Rainbow in The Wizard of Oz is tipped to sell for £14million. It was entered for sale at New York-based auction house Tarisio and will be showcased in London, Berlin and Tokyo. It is tipped to beat the existing world auction record set by the Vieuxtemps Guarneri violin which sold for £10 million in 2013. Its attachment to The Wizard of Oz also brings with it a romanticism which is attractive to so many people. ‘Over the Rainbow’ won The Wizard of Oz an Academy Award for Best Original Song.

Source: Daily Mail April 28, 2022 07:26 UTC