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nationalpost.com
The National Post reports that Muchen Hsieh, a student at the New England Conservatory in Boston, forgot a US$170,000 violin on a Megabus in the overhead compartment and was reunited with it after police and bus company assistance. The instrument, made in 1835 by Vincenzo Jorio in Naples, was on loan from a Taiwanese cultural foundation and later returned to Hsieh.
mgronline.com
A gifted Taiwanese violin student at the New England Conservatory of Music, Jessica Muchen Hsieh, left a rare violin worth more than $170,000 on a Megabus in Philadelphia. The instrument, made in 1835 in Naples, Italy and labeled Vincenco Jorio, was reported missing and later recovered, while still on loan from the Chi Mei Culture Foundation in Taiwan.
paolochiarielloblog.blogspot.com
The article discusses Jessica Muchen Hsieh, a Taiwanese violinist student at the New England Conservatory of Music, who lost a valuable Italian-made violin after alighting a bus in Philadelphia and later had it recovered. The instrument was made in Naples in 1835 and bears a label with luthier Vincenzo Jorio; it was loaned to her by the Chi Mei Culture Foundation of Taiwan.
boston.com
A Boston music student from the New England Conservatory, Muchen Hsieh, was reunified with a $170,000 violin after leaving it on a Megabus. The 1835 violin by Vincenzo Jorio was recovered in Camden, Pennsylvania, and returned to Hsieh with help from Philadelphia police and Megabus staff.
bbc.com
BBC News reports that Muchen Hsieh, an 18-year-old violin student, reunited with her Naples-made violin, dating to 1835 and valued at about $170,000 (£108,000), after it was left on a Megabus in Philadelphia and later recovered by staff.
inquirer.com
MuChen Hsieh, a 19-year-old music student, had left a $170,000 violin made in 1835 in Naples on a Megabus from Boston; the violin was found with the help of the Philadelphia Police and returned at a Southwest Detectives press conference.
museumpublicity.com
National Galleries of Scotland acquires J. M. W. Turner’s watercolour Rome from Monte Mario, 1820, allocated to the Scottish National Gallery through the Acceptance in Lieu of Tax scheme. The work will appear in the Turner-focused January exhibition and is part of the gallery's Turner collection, which includes 38 Turner watercolours bequeathed by Henry Vaughan in 1899.
latimes.com
The Los Angeles Times article describes the Maestro Foundation’s loan program providing more than $1 million worth of cellos, violas, violins and bows to string students, including Colburn School students Natalie Helm and Born Lau. It notes the foundation’s financing through private concerts at Aaron Mendelsohn’s Santa Monica home and highlights instruments such as a $50,000 Marten Cornelissen cello and a $30,000 Helmuth A. Keller viola.
slippedisc.com
The article reports that violin dealer Dietmar Machold, who declared bankruptcy, has been transferred to Vienna to face trial on charges of fraud and embezzlement. Authorities in Switzerland and Austria are tracing five Stradivarius and four Guarnerius among 17 instruments valued at $50 million.
nytimes.com
Patricia Cohen reports for The New York Times on hearings in Manhattan related to a federal lawsuit over Pollock works sold by Knoedler Gallery, including a painting bought by Pierre Lagrange for $17 million that was later deemed possibly fake; the gallery closed shortly after a forensic report; the case involves Glafira Rosales and others tied to the Knoedler investigation.
enfilade18thc.com
Johann Zoffany’s The Garden at Hampton House with Mr and Mrs David Garrick Taking Tea and The Shakespeare Temple at Hampton House were the top lot pair at Sotheby’s Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale, realizing £6,761,250 / $10,563,777 / €7,893,784. Joseph Wright’s Virgil’s Tomb by Moonlight (1779) sold above estimates, approaching £1.5 million. Jan Steen’s Interior with Figures Playing Cards at a Table set an auction record for the artist at £4.8 million.
newatlas.com
Ben Coxworth reports that Empa researcher Francis Schwarze and a Swiss violin-maker are developing a process to produce resonance-altered wood using a white-rot fungus to create fungus violins, with initial tests in 2009 showing listeners preferred them to a genuine Stradivarius. Empa aims to standardize the wood treatment for potential material-scale production under the guidance of tonal wood expert Iris Brémaud.
cnn.com
Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez portrait of a Gentleman sold in London for 4.7 million dollars after a change of attribution from Matthew Shepperson. The painting was part of a sale of works from Shepperson’s descendants at Bonhams in London, with the Velazquez discovery highlighting the auction’s Old Masters sale.
aerztezeitung.de
The article discusses how radiologists and instrument makers created a near-identical replica of Antonio Stradivari's 1704 violin Betts using 1000 CT scans and a 3D printer process. It features Dr. Steven Sirr of Mora, Minnesota, violin maker John Waddle of St. John, Minnesota, and another instrument maker Steve Rossow, and notes that the Betts is one of Stradivari's most copied violins.
today.com
Diego Velazquez painting fetches 4.7 million USD at a London auction; the work was attributed to Velazquez after analysis and is one of around 100 known works by the painter. Bonhams Oxford sale also featured Adriaen Coorte and other Old Masters.
artnews.com
Laurence Stephen Lowry paintings led Christie’s sale, including Piccadilly Circus, London, 1960, which sold for £5.6 million ($8.9 million). Christie’s total for the sale was £28.1 million ($44.3 million) from 132 lots sold (72% of 183 offered). Bonhams’ modern British art sale brought £4.1 million ($6.5 million) from 98 of 141 lots (69%). Other notable results included Town Centre, 1966 selling for £713,250 ($1.1 million) to dealer Richard Green, Sandsend Near Whitby, 1953 bought by Paul Green, and notable prices for Nicholson, Ben Nicholson, and Patrick Caulfield works; seven of Ireland’s National Asset Management Agency pieces were sold as part of a €600 million ($800 million) recoup plan.
hirextra.hu
The article discusses a Stradivari violin presented in Budapest with involvement from Szőcs Géza, Kokas Katalin, and Kelemen Barnabás. It details its provenance from the egri archbishopric, discovery after WWII, and eventual purchase by Zelnik István for the Aranymúzeum, with official assessments confirming it as a genuine Stradivari from 1697.
barboek.blogspot.com
A biola Antonio Stradivari, production year 1725, found by Mudzoffar (75) in Malang, East Java. The instrument, bought in 1957 from a man of Chinese descent for Rp 7,000, is believed to be one of the oldest violins in the world based on its maker and year inside the body. The discovery was reported by Kompas.com.
theartnewspaper.com
The Art Newspaper reports on the revocation of beliefs around Wolfgang Beltracchi and his forgeries, noting a new list of 53 alleged forgeries and involvement by Christie’s, Sotheby’s, Dickinson gallery, and other parties; Beltracchi and associates were convicted forgeries tied to the fictitious Werner Jägers and Wilhelm Knops collections. The piece names a forgery of Bateaux à Collioure by André Derain sold at Christie’s London in 2007 for £2m.