Dated Messiah
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The post discusses the Messiah Violin, noted as potentially the world’s most valuable, and the controversy over its authenticity. It mentions a 1998 analysis by Peter Klein on tree-ring photos initiated by Stewart Pollens, a 2000 microscopic comparison by John Topham and Derek McCormick, and a 2000s study led by Henri Grissino-Mayer confirming the prior work.