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newser.com
The article discusses a 316-year-old Stradivarius violin, the Mendelssohn, reportedly resurfacing in Japan after being placed in a Berlin bank by a Jewish assets-seizing family during Nazi Germany, with photos from a 2018 Tokyo exhibition suggesting it is the instrument Stella (1707) and provenance tracing to Japanese violinist Eijin Nimura around 2005.
tarisio.com
Jason Price reports on the rediscovery of the 1709 Mendelssohn Stradivari, a violin once owned by the Mendelssohn family of Berlin and missing for nearly eighty years. The piece discusses the instrument’s provenance, its connection to Lilli von Mendelssohn-Bohnke, and the broader changes in the violin industry and due diligence in certification and selling.
theviolinchannel.com
The 1709 Stradivarius known as the Mendelssohn has resurfaced in Tokyo after being stolen in Nazi-era Germany. Researchers Carla Shapreau and Jason Price discuss its history, including ownership by Lilli von Mendelssohn-Bohnke, the Mendelssohn & Co bank, postwar movements through Paris and London, and its 2005 acquisition by Japanese violinist Eijin Nimura under the name Stella.
classicfm.com
The article identifies a 1709 Stradivarius known as the Mendelssohn violin as the same instrument as the 1707 Stella Stradivari, traced after disappearance during World War II. The claim is supported by Carla Shapreau of the Lost Music Project and auction house founder Jason Price of Tarisio.
standard.co.uk
The violin, an 18th-century instrument valued at more than £150,000, was stolen from The Marquess Tavern in Canonbury Street, Islington. A 43-year-old man was arrested on June 25 on suspicion of theft and later released on bail; the violin has not been recovered. The owner, David Lopez Ibanez, said the instrument, made in Florence in 1740, was his voice and priceless to him.
bbc.co.uk
BBC News reports that a 43-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of stealing a violin worth more than £150,000 from The Marquess Tavern in Islington. The instrument, made in Florence in 1740 and owned by David Lopez Ibanez, has not been recovered. Ibanez described the violin as his voice.
classicfm.com
The Metropolitan Police arrested a man in connection with the theft of an 18th-century violin believed to be worth £150,000 from the Marquess Tavern in north London. The instrument, made in Florence in 1740, belonged to a Philharmonia Orchestra member, David Lopez Ibanez, who was dining there after rehearsal when it was taken; three bows and a cotton bag were also stolen.
jfeed.com
The 1709 Mendelssohn Stradivarius, once owned by Lili von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, resurfaced in Tokyo decades after it disappeared during the Nazi era. The violin’s provenance was confirmed through matching historical photographs and research by Carla Shapreau and Jason Price, with prior identification by Bernard Sabatier and Charles Beare.
pocketmags.com
The Strad article discusses a remarkable violin examined by Balthazar Soulier, noted for displaying hallmarks of both Guarneri del Gesù and Montagnana. The piece references Fridolin Hamma’s Meisterwerke Italienischer Geigenbaukunst (1931) and reports on ongoing research by Michael A. Baumgartner and Jan Röhrmann to document surviving del Gesù violins.
pocketmags.com
The Strad article reports that a Guarneri del Gesù violin from 1736 sold for €3.3 million (£2.85 million) in Paris at a Claude Aguttes sale on June 3, and a 1714 Stradivari violin, known as the da Vinci, ex-Seidel, sold at Tarisio for $15.34 million (£12.29 million) on June 9.