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#Ukraine

🎻Stradivari remains in Ukraine: border guards seized the violin of the famous Italian

The musical instrument, manufactured in 1730, was found during border-customs control in the cabin of a regular bus at the checkpoint "Palanka-Mayaki-Udobne" in Odesa.
12:34 AM - Jul 27, 2023
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According to drivers and flight attendants, the abandoned masterpiece has no owner. The violin was handed over to the experts.
12:35 AM - Jul 27, 2023
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Brian Beker
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Not a genuine Strad. Those labels are found in many violins made even today, and Stradivarius himself never printed more than the 1 in the year and handwrote the other three digits. When he got older he only put his own age. Not to say it's not a decent violin—some with those labels were fine.
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01:31 AM - Jul 27, 2023 (Edited)
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Thanks for your expertise. I had no information other than article to be able to refute. Nonetheless how is a violin on a bus with no owner? Being "smuggled" on a bus out of Odesa leads one to believe it's from the cathedral the russians bombed on Sunday. Someone thought it had trading value?
02:14 AM - Jul 27, 2023
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In response to Deb Prothero.
It may have some value. In 19h century violins the Strad labels was more tribute than deception. A few of those from better makers can be worth some dough, not nearly the millions a strad is worth. Unclear from the post where it was trying to go. Somebody probably just forgot their axe.
02:24 AM - Jul 27, 2023
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