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from the Bangor Daily News:
NEW YORK — A Stradivarius violin forgotten in a closet for decades and formerly owned by a reclusive U.S. heiress to a copper fortune could sell for as much as $10 million in a sealed bid auction next month, according to Christie’s.
If the 1731 violin, known as “The Kreutzer” after the French concert violinist Rodolphe Kreutzer who once owned it, reaches the top end of its pre-sale estimate it would be one of most expensive musical instruments ever sold.
When the work's all done and the sun's settin' low,
I pull out my fiddle and I rosin up the bow.
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cool..not much chance of finding one in my closet though...lol
There is no shame in playing twinkle, youre playing Mozart
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Barry said
cool..not much chance of finding one in my closet though...lol
Mine, either, Barry. I wish...
When the work's all done and the sun's settin' low,
I pull out my fiddle and I rosin up the bow.
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I think step one to finding a strad lying around in a dusty closet is to having a direct ancestor who was stinking rich and didn't know a darn thing about violins.
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. ~Herm Albright
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We have people calling us every once in a while that swear that they have a real Stradivarius they found in the attic, or closet or whatever. It's always hard to explain to them how slight the chances are that they actually have a real Strad.
"The richest person is not the one who has the most,
but the one who needs the least."
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I don't even have any closets.
Opportunity is often missed because it wears suspenders and looks like hard work.
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I thought ALL of the Strads had been accounted for... what's up with finding yet another one...
"If you practice with your hands you must practice all day. Practice with your mind and you can accomplish the same amount in minutes." Nathan Milstein
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So we can all live in hope
I am amazed at how old people of my age are.....
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Who really knows if it actually is one.... One of the biggest authorities of old fine instruments, Dietmar Machold, was jailed for fraud a while back. Don't remember all the details but it doesn't surprise me.
"The richest person is not the one who has the most,
but the one who needs the least."
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