To: livius
I was surprised to see that there are several Stradivarii classified as stolen or missing, in addition to Lipinski (also Colossus, Davidoff-Morini, Ames, Lamoureux, Karpilowski, and Le Maurien.)
Others have been stolen, but were later recovered, such as Gibson-Huberman (stolen twice from Huberman, who apparently couldn't keep track of his violin), Kochanski, Sinsheimer-Iselin, Birsou', Duke of Alcantara (missing for 27 years, recovered by an amateur violinist who claimed to have found it on a freeway), and Herkules.
So, while the common assumption that all of the Stradivarius the instruments may be accounted for is nominally true, the whereabouts of several are uncertain at present.
44 posted on
01/29/2014 1:35:46 PM PST by
Milton Miteybad
(I am Jim Thompson. {Really.})
To: Milton Miteybad
They’re probably living peacefully with some “collector,” who may not even play them(or lets somebody else, some unknowimg person, play them to keep them healthy).
47 posted on
01/29/2014 1:46:09 PM PST by
livius
To: Milton Miteybad
Wow! That list is mind boggling.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson