$2,000,000 Stradivarius gets stolen

[Viper GTS]

http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/09/03/crime.stradivarius.reut/index.html

What the hell is a 26 year old doing with a Strad?

That's not fair. My violin is worth around $3,000, but $2 Million? That's insane!

:|

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[ltk007]

Who wants to bet the roomate broke it by accident then trashed the remains?

 

[Mday]

poor bastard...

that thief better not damage it... i'll kill the bastard.

 

[Tominator]

$3,000? Will it fit on a gold band?

 

[Viper GTS]

No, it's not for sale. I used it when I was playing in the local HS orchestra. It was my grandma's college graduation gift ~50 years ago, & I got it when she died three years ago. I don't play it much, but I'm not selling it. It's a sweet violin, too. The violin is worth ~$2400 or so, & the bow is worth another $600 or $700.

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[Windogg]

My brother used to lived next door to him. Hmmm...... I wonder what Bimmerdogg has been up to?

Windogg

"Starato-who-vious?"
- Homer Simpson

 

[Chooie]

I wonder how many other multi-million dollar instruments are owned by berklee students... and are kept in a closet. Stupid schmuck. :|

 

[dl]

My brother's Base is worth about $20,000 and the bow is worth another 2Gs....2 mil for an instrument is insane...

then again, Yo-Yo-Ma plays with a strad. also....

 

[Viper GTS]

Stradivarius is almost like a god to luthiers. They refuse to do ANYTHING that he wouldn't have done to make his violins, & consider his violins to be perfection. They even refuse to acknowledge that one Strad might be better than another, for fear of making Stradivarius less perfect. It's really, really stupid. Yes, they're kick-ass violins. But... They're just a violin.

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[Susan]

Strativarius+children=vault.

No way would I let one of my children have access to one of those fine instruments.

 

[Soybomb]

Hehe, no one look under my bed....
But if you're interested in a nice violin, say a a stradivarius let me know

 

[piku]

<< &quot;That's an unusual place to store a $2 million violin,&quot; Boston police spokesman Tom Sexton told the Globe. >>



Damn those police are so smart...