tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51057189551309128502024-03-13T12:29:59.121-07:00find the lost fiddleBlog and posts in re-editing and re-construction.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105718955130912850.post-25343533016947001982016-12-13T12:41:00.001-08:002016-12-13T12:41:38.425-08:00STOLEN VIOLIN ALERT | 1747 Giovanni Battista Guadagnini Violin, Geneva <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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An international alert has been issued in Switzerland today for a 1747 <strong>Giovanni Battista Guadagnini</strong> violin – stolen from a Geneva train station at 5.30pm on Thursday December 8th, 2016.</div>
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The 35.6cm long instrument, has a golden-brown varnish with a two-piece spruce top and table and two-piece maple back.</div>
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<span class="s1"><img alt="Guadagnini Stolen Violin" class="size-full wp-image-50969 alignnone" height="695" src="https://theviolinchannel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Screen-Shot-2016-12-11-at-6.16.07-PM.png" width="693" /></span></div>
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<span class="s1">The violin was housed in a grey carbon
fibre hard case, which also contained 4 bows -by Eugene Sartory,
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<span class="s1">It is understood the owner was on a crowded train in Geneva, on his way to Sion at the time of the robbery.</span></div>
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The owner’s wallet and passport were also in the case.</div>
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<span class="s1">Recent sales of J.B. Guadagnini instruments, from this period, have reached in excess of US $1.5 Million.</span></div>
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<span class="s1"><strong><span class="s1">If you have any information, please urgently contact: +41 795 218 286.</span></strong></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105718955130912850.post-62296958001903823462015-09-04T05:27:00.000-07:002015-09-06T07:13:51.020-07:00A Pattern to Stradivari Violin Thefts?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE THEFT OF THE AMES BY PHIL JOHNSON MIRROR THOSE OF THE THEFT OF THE GIBSON/HUBERMAN (NOW JOSHUA BELL'S CONCERT INSTRUMENT) DECADES PRIOR.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Is there a pattern here of obscure, sociopathic violinists lifting conveniently vulnerable Strads (and perhaps other valuable instruments)?</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105718955130912850.post-28847009223367304472015-08-08T06:39:00.000-07:002015-08-21T12:05:40.083-07:00AMES STRAD RECOVERED!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The Ames Strad has been recovered. Who had it? It's an interesting story, appropriately reported by Nina Totenberg at NPR. She's the daughter of legendary soloist and teacher, Roman Totenberg, from whom the Ames was notoriously stolen decades ago:<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105718955130912850.post-11655680189596558682014-07-20T16:31:00.001-07:002014-07-20T16:31:57.280-07:00An Article About Instrument and Art Theft, from a Law Enforcement Point of View<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105718955130912850.post-67579843425063563342014-02-06T13:30:00.003-08:002014-02-06T13:30:47.575-08:00LIPINSKY STRAD RECOVERED!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
SEE ARTICLE IN THE GUARDIAN <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/06/milwaukee-police-confirm-stradivarius-violin-recovered">HERE</a><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105718955130912850.post-34900911694290349552014-02-05T21:21:00.003-08:002014-02-06T06:57:51.266-08:00Three Suspects Arrested in Assault on Concertmaster and Theft of Lipinsky Stradivari<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.620wtmj.com/news/local/3-suspects-in-custody-for-theft-of-Stradivarius-violin--243728561.html">Follow Link to Story from Milwaukie Radio</a></span></span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105718955130912850.post-47483546335982085462014-01-23T16:59:00.002-08:002014-01-29T05:08:20.666-08:00Stolen 1731 C.F. Landolfi violin recovered in Holland. Suspects arrested.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105718955130912850.post-57340256541775069802014-01-22T10:50:00.004-08:002014-01-29T05:07:31.251-08:00STOLEN 1924 POGGI RECOVERED IN BOLOGNA<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105718955130912850.post-30952461355438402002013-12-18T10:54:00.001-08:002013-12-18T10:54:21.310-08:00Strad Article Summarizes Difficulties Involved in Recovering Stolen Violins.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://www.thestrad.com/latest/editorschoice/when-stradivaris-go-awol">FOLLOW THIS LINK TO THE ARTICLE IN THE STRAD ONLINE</a><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105718955130912850.post-65350300608291708882013-12-18T10:50:00.004-08:002013-12-18T10:50:32.236-08:00Recovered "ex-Kym" Strad Auctioned by Tarisio for $2.27M.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105718955130912850.post-85403806644298313042013-10-23T13:12:00.002-07:002013-11-16T20:47:05.091-08:00Min-Jin Kym's former Strad to be auctioned by Tarisio<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The U.S. auction house, Tarisio, will be placing the Strad stolen from Min-Jin Kym up for auction in December. It was Stolen in November, 2010 and recovered earlier this year.</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105718955130912850.post-72084009929871458962013-07-30T12:51:00.001-07:002015-08-16T11:26:20.215-07:00MIN-JIN KYM'S STRAD RECOVERED IN THE UK!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3i8BIny1qk">Follow this link to a video interview with Kym.</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Follow these links to press stories reporting the recovery of Kym's 1696 long-pattern Strad:</span><br />
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<a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/et-cetera/1-2m-stradivarius-violin-recovered-after-3-year-search/articleshow/21499315.cms">http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/et-cetera/1-2m-stradivarius-violin-recovered-after-3-year-search/articleshow/21499315.cms</a><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105718955130912850.post-74669126929412741842011-05-24T15:52:00.000-07:002018-11-01T12:13:35.955-07:00List of the known missing Strads. #119 The 1727 Davidoff-Morini.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<li>Year built: <b>1727</b></li>
<li>City: <b>Cremona</b></li>
<li class="last">Name: <b>Davidoff-Morini</b></li>
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<dt><i> The violin that belonged to Ms. Morini, who died a short time after the theft, was made in 1727 and bought for her by her father, a Viennese music teacher, more than 80 years ago. It has not been recovered. </i></dt>
<dd>"An Upper West Side Mystery: The Vanished Stradivarius", William K. Rashbaum, <i>The New York Times</i>. </dd>
<dt>"<i>In November 1994, someone swiped the Davidoff Strad, built in 1727 and valued at $4 million, from the Fifth Ave. apartment of Erica Morini in the last days of the violin virtuoso's life. Her relatives concealed the theft from her.</i>" <br />
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"<i>She died at age 91 cradling a copy of her precious Stradivarius, which had been a gift from her father when she was just 21.</i>"</dt>
<dd>"A Fiddle Found", David Krajicek, <i>The Daily News</i>. </dd>
<dt>"<i>The 'Davidov' Stradivari violin, owned by Erica Morini, was stolen just before her death from her Manhattan home. However, it seems that this was no break-in by casual looters, but a planned theft by a small circle of those who had access to the apartment and to the key of the wardrobe in which she kept the instrument. When a friend went to check on the violin, all she found was an empty case, with no trace of forced entry or exit to the flat. Last valued at $3.5m/£2.2m, the 'Davidov' may well provide a lucrative private deal for the thief. But any new owner will have to keep it well hidden from violin experts for many years if they wish to remain anonymous. <br />
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Opinions vary on the date of the 'Davidov'; while it is labeled 1724, experts including Simone Sacconi have put a later date of 1727 on it. Morini's father purchased it around [1923] for his daughter from Paris dealers Maucotel & Deschamp, and Morini used it as her concert instrument throughout her life.</i>"</dt>
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"Morini's 'Davidov' Strad vanishes", <i>The Strad, January, 1996</i>, 1996</div>
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"For much of her concert career she performed on the 1727 ‘Davidoff’ Stradivarius – purchased by her father in Paris in 1924.</div>
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"Tragically the ‘Davidoff’ and a number of precious paintings, letters and scores were stolen from Ms Morini’s New York City apartment in 1995 – just days before her death.</div>
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"Police believe the thief was in possession of Ms Morini’s apartment and lock-safe cabinet keys.</div>
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"Humanely she was never told about the robbery – and passed away in hospital unaware.</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">ERIKA MORINI | BRUCH | VIOLIN CONCERTO NO.1 | 3RD MVT | DONALD VOORHEES & THE BELL TELEPHONE HOUR ORCHESTRA | 1963</span></h6>
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"Today the crime remains unsolved and is listed on the American <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Federal Bureau of Investigation</span>‘s ‘Top Ten Art Thefts’.</div>
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"If you have any information in regard to the whereabouts of the 1727 ‘Davidoff’ Stradivarius, please contact the FBI on (202) 324-3000.</div>
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