Students from the Royal Academy of Music play four ‘Vuillaume’ instruments due to be auctioned off by Beares next week. Julia (1st violin) plays the Vuillaume, after Stradivari, Paris, 1850 ($170k – $200k); Irma (2nd violin) plays the Vuillaume, after Guarneri, Paris, 1855, (£100k – £150k); Ugne (viola) plays the Vuillaume, Paris, c.1840-50 (£75k – £125k); and Tatiana (cello) plays the Vuillaume, Paris, 1858 (£240k – £275k).