
| Vioins | Violas |
| $10,000 and up | $4,000 and up |
| 1. Ricardo Bergonzi, 2007 | 1. Roberto Bianchi, 1995 |
| 2. Rafael Carrabba, alumnus of Carl Becker, 1980 | 2. Rushworth & Dreaper, “Artist Apollo,” 1915 |
| 3. Stephen Lohmann, 2002 | 3. Otto Erdesz, 1980s |
| 4. David Morse, (Comet – 2001), (Empress – 2007) | 4. Heinrich Th Heberlein Jr., 1930 |
| 5. Claude Peirrey, 1760 | 5. Ernst Heinrich Roth, 1951 |
| 6. Claudio Rampini, 2007 | 6. Peter Tzvetanov, 1993 |
| 7. Max Willbald Schmidt, 1949 | 7. Ming Jiang Zhu, 2005 |
| 8. Ming Jiang Zhu, 2008 | |
| $5,000 - $10,000 | Celli |
| 1. John Aschow 1910, 1936 | $10,000 and up |
| 2. Paul Bailly, 1920 | 1. Jean-Francois Aldric, 1927 |
| 3. Cazzaro, 2002 | 2. James Wimmer, 2007 |
| 4. Albert Denti, 2002 | 3. Sanctus Seraphin, 1923 |
| 5. Stepan Demirdjian, 2004 | 4. Edgar Russ, 2002 |
| 6. J. Didelot, 1851 | |
| 7. German Amati, mid-1800s | $4,000-$10,000 |
| 8. Mathijs A. Heyligers | 1. Josef Bauer, 2007 |
| 9. Jacobus Hornsteiner, 1928 | 2. Clement & Weise, 2002-2007 |
| 10. Filippo Marzetta, 2004 | 3. Dresden, 1900s |
| 11. Mark, Moreland, 2006 | 4. French, 1930 |
| 12. Armando Mounterumici, 1896 | 5. German, Mid-1800s |
| 13. Patrizzio Orippi, 2002 | 6. Goronok, 2001 |
| 14. Walter Plain, 1848 | 7. Heffler, 2006-2008 |
| 15. Ernst Heinrich Roth, 1924 | 8. Calvin Wultur, 2001, 2004 |
| 16. Leopold Schwaicher, 1900s | |
| 17. Tyrolean, 1903 | |
| 18. Alphonsus Varra | |
| 19. Carl Weigandt, 1930s | |
| 20. Ming Jiang Zhu, 2006 |