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Stradivarius Turned In to Lost and Found

Musician forgot it on a Swiss train

By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 1, 2012 12:56 AM CDT | Updated Aug 1, 2012 1:17 AM CDT

(Newser) – A Stradivarius violin likely worth millions of dollars was turned in to a Swiss lost and found. The owner had loaned it to a musician friend who left it behind on a train in Bern. Train staff searched in vain for it, then spotted another passenger on surveillance cameras walking off with it, reports the Telegraph. The identity of the returner was not released. Only some 600 violins made by Italian master craftsman Antonio Stradivari still exist. One sold for close to $15 million at a charity auction last year. In 2008 a $4 million Stradivarius left by a musician in a New York taxi was returned by the cabbie.

Don't leave a train without this.
Don't leave a train without this.   (AP Photo/Nippon Music Foundation, S. Yokoyama)
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HANKHILL
Aug 1, 2012 2:58 PM CDT
dud very lucky he was not on a nyc subway! and yes you must be a dud to do a thing like this!
right2dave
Aug 1, 2012 7:10 AM CDT
He left it behind on the train?
Tology
Aug 1, 2012 3:59 AM CDT
You would think people with violins worth millions would keep better track of them.
 

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