Stradivarius found in Russian police raid is a fake
mainThe cops in Tver thought they had struck lucky when a violin found in a suspected burglar’s appointment has a slip of paper in the case with the legend ‘Antonius Stradiuarius Cremonensis Faciebat Anno 1721′.
But close examination at the Glinka national museum in Moscow dated the wood to Germany, late 19th century. The results was posted on a Russian legal website and Interpol has been notified. Anyone recognise it?
Germany, late 19th Century, Stradivarius label inside… I’ve got one of those too, weren’t there factories cranking those out by the boatload back then?