The violin is originally created by the craftsman Nicolo Bussotti of Italy, first as a gift for his still unborn child and upon the death of his child and wife painted red with his wife’s blood as a testament to her. Here the violin begins its journey around the globe and through time, arriving in a variety of places including a orphanage outside Vienna, through gypsies to the English violinist Frederick Pope, to China during the Cultural Revolution, and finally back to the area of Montréal Canada where it comes into contact with Charles Morritz who has been called to address the authenticity of the item. Upon learning the violin’s true history Morritz decides to claim the item for himself for reasoning unlike those present to bid. The bidders wish the violin for reasons ranging from sentimental to historical; Morritz wishes the violin for use in its true purpose, the making of music.