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theviolinchannel.com
The Violin Channel reports that British Transport Police confirmed Korean virtuoso Min-Jin Kym's 1696 Stradivarius, stolen in London in November 2010, has been recovered. The instrument is valued at £1.2 million and the Peccatte bow at £62,000, with only minor damage noted.
thetimes.com
The article reports the recovery of a Stradivarius violin valued at £1.2 million after a three-year search. The Times covers the theft and subsequent recovery of the instrument.
cnn.com
CNN reports that the stolen Stradivarius violin, dating to around 1696, was recovered in central England along with two bows valued at more than $105,000. The violin, owned by violinist Min Jin Kym, had been stolen near a London train station in late 2010, with two teens later sentenced in 2011 for the theft.
cnn.com
CNN reports that a stolen 1696 Stradivarius violin and two bows were recovered from a house in central England, more than two years after the theft near a London train station. The instrument, valued at over $1 million, was found by British police with the bows valued at over $105,000; the owner is violinist Min Jin Kym.
gandul.ro
The stolen 1696 Stradivarius violin, valued at 1.4 million euros, was recovered intact in Britain. The theft occurred in December 2010 at London’s Euston station while the owner Min-Jin Kym was having a sandwich; two bows worth 78,000 euros were also taken. The instrument was found in England and related court cases in 2011 involved three individuals.
terra.com.br
The article reports that a Stradivarius violin valued at 1.4 million euros, stolen in December 2010 in London from Min-Jin Kym, was found intact. The instrument dated to 1696 and was recovered in England, with the bow pair valued at 78,000 euros also recovered. The article notes the Stradivarius maker Antonio Stradivari and mentions another Stradivarius named Solomon Ex-Lambert, which sold for nearly 3 million euros in 2007.
standard.co.uk
The article reports that a £1.2 million Stradivarius violin, stolen from Min-Jin Kym at Euston Station, has been recovered after nearly three years and placed in a secure location in London. It notes the instrument was snatched when Min-Jin Kym left it on the floor while at a Pret a Manger at Euston.
independent.co.uk
The Independent reports that Min-Jin Kym, a Korean-born violinist, is elated after her 1696 Antonio Stradivari violin, valued at £1.2m, was recovered by British Transport Police following a nearly three-year search. The instrument, stolen in 2010 outside Euston Station, was recovered with a Peccatte bow worth £62,000 and a bow by the School of Bazin valued at £5,000; a 32-year-old man and two teens were arrested in 2011 in connection with the theft. The instrument had been suspected to be unrecoverable, and authorities conducted a line of enquiry that led to the recovery in the Midlands last week.
museumpublicity.com
The National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC acquired new works spanning painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking, illustrated books, and photography. The acquisitions include Jean-Léon Gérôme’s View of Medinet El-Fayoum, several firsts for the collection by Gerome and Cornelis Bega, a Florentine red wax relief after a model attributed to Massimiliano Soldani-Benzi, the Gallery’s first illustrated book by an Italian artist, significant old master drawings by Lattanzio Gambara and Alessandro Magnasco, two Robert Smithson sculptures, Sally Mann’s first works, a landmark Edward Weston photograph, a photogravure portfolio by Al Taylor, and Jasper Johns’ 1997 edition print Green Angel 2 with related proofs and copperplates.
artinvestment.ru
Caravaggio, Guercino and their contemporaries on display at the Hermitage; the exhibition features about 30 works from the Hermitage and Italian museums as part of the From Caravaggio to Guercino project, highlighting Sir Denis Mahon’s collection and Italian XVII century art.
nytimes.com
Carol Vogel reports that Christie’s will offer works from dealer Jan Krugier’s estate, including his personal collection and inventory from his Geneva gallery, in a special auction in Manhattan on Nov. 4, with estimated proceeds exceeding $160 million and a following sale focused on works on paper and sculpture with around $15 million estimate; highlights include a 1911 Kandinsky landscape titled Herbstlandschaft with an estimated $20–$25 million.
paulfrasercollectibles.com
Ben Nicholson’s Oct 61 (Mycenae-axe-blue) sold for £1m ($1.6m) at Sotheby’s Modern & Post-War British Art auction in London, achieving the top bids. The work measures about 4 1/2 m and is noted as the largest Nicholson work sold at auction; profits from the sale will support the Christian Theological Seminary. The transaction follows the artist’s prominence, alongside Hepworth and Moore, in the British avant-garde.
bbc.co.uk
A 130-year-old German-made antique violin, made in 1883, was stolen from a red Ford Fiesta in Nottingham's Sherwood Rise area (Plantin Road). The instrument is described as plain in appearance, in an oval red velvet-lined case with a pink luggage label. Nottinghamshire Police appealed for information.
bbc.co.uk
The article discusses a violin made by Antonio Gragnani, dated to 1763, which Peter Wilson Fine Art Auctioneers in Nantwich expects to fetch up to £35,000. Auctioneer Chris Large notes the original receipt shows £115 paid in 1917 and mentions a dendrochronological test dating the wood to the mid-18th century and a certificate of authenticity dating to 1763; the current Gragnani violin auction record is £48,000 at Sotheby’s.
esciencenews.com
The article discusses scientists uncovering historical clues about how Antonio Stradivari crafted violins. It mentions analyses performed by researchers from the Università degli Studi di Pavia to identify Stradivari's techniques. The owner of the top plate referenced is Charles Beare.
gallerix.org
El Greco’s Prayer of St. Dominic sold at Sotheby’s London for 9.15 million pounds (about 14 million USD, 10.75 million EUR), nearly doubling its 3-5 million pound estimate. A second El Greco work, Christ on the Cross, sold for 3.4 million pounds (about 5.2 million USD, 4 million EUR). Total Sotheby’s summer sale of old masters brought about 35 million pounds.
cadogantate.com
El Greco’s St Dominic in Prayer sold for more than $13 million (approximately £9.1 million) at Sotheby’s London Evening Sale of Old Masters & British Paintings, a record price for the Spanish artist. The painting, from the seventeenth century, depicts the Dominican founder kneeling in prayer before a crucifixion.
theviolinchannel.com
The article profiles Boson Mo, a 22-year-old Canadian violinist highlighted as a VC Young Artist. It notes his education at the Cleveland Institute of Music and The Shepherd School of Music, a previous prize at the Montreal International Violin Competition, and a recent 3rd prize at the Michael Hill International Violin Competition in New Zealand. It also mentions that he plays an 1871 Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume violin loaned from the Canada Council for the Arts.
bbc.com
El Greco’s St Dominic In Prayer sold for £9.15 million at Sotheby’s in London, setting a record price for the Spanish painter. The sale also included another El Greco work, Christ on the Cross, which sold for £3.4 million, and contributed to proceeds of more than £12 million for UNICEF.
theartwolf.com
El Greco’s Saint Dominic in prayer and Canaletto’s The Molo, Venice led auctions in London for Sotheby’s and Christie’s respectively, with Saint Dominic in prayer achieving £9,154,500 and The Molo selling for £8,461,875.
tarisio.com
Benjamin Hebbert discusses the Giovanni Pressenda violin, Turin, 1828, noting Pressenda's blend of Lupot-like discipline and individual flair, and considers a possible link to Luigi Tarisio; the 1928 Pressenda violin discussed here resembles late Stradivaris and was sold by Tarisio in 2013.
antiquesandartireland.com
Giovanni Antonio Canaletto’s The Molo, Venice, from the Bacino di San Marco was the top lot at Christie’s sale of Old Master and British Paintings in London, selling for £8,461,875 against a top estimate of £6 million amid total sale proceeds of £23,852,300.
thehistoryblog.com
The History Blog reports that a Stradivarius violin made by Antonio Stradivari in 1698, owned by Min-Jin Kym, stolen in London in 2010, was recovered by the British Transport Police. The instrument, valued at about £1.2 million (approximately $1.82 million), came with two bows and had an insurance reward offer; four suspects were detained in connection with the theft after CCTV and inquiries.