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A picture shows the «Macdonald» Stradivarius viola created in 1719 by Antonio Stradivari (1641-1737), at Sotheby’s auction house in Paris on April 15, 2014. Sotheby’s announced the sale of the viola for this spring 2014 in New York, estimated to sell in excess of 45 million US dollars. AFP PHOTO BERTRAND GUAY