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April 2002 rare-string instrument intelligence

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Newsru.com reports Stradivari violin seized from Latvian at Pskov border

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The article from NEWSru.com states that customs officers in Pskov seized a violin bearing a label indicating it was made by Antonio Stradivari in 1727 from a Latvian citizen. The seizure occurred on April 3 at the Skangali border checkpoint, after the instrument was presented by a passenger on train 37 Санкт-Петербург - Рига. The owners' name was not disclosed, and the violin is to undergo art expert examination in Saint Petersburg.

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«Беременная антилопа» ловит грабителей

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The article reports an incident in Moscow where thieves stole a unique antique violin from a car belonging to a Moscow Philharmonic musician; the instrument, an 18th-century Italian viola, is valued at 4.5 million rubles and was reportedly borrowed from a state collection. It also references a prior December incident involving violist Mikhail Bereznitsky and an instrument by the same maker Santa Serafino from 1733, with total damages around 450,000 rubles.

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