All stolen articles
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NewsMissing: 1890 Enrico Marchetti cello stolen in Seattle
Sarah Rommel’s instrument was last seen in a blue and black carbon fibre case on 4 May
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NewsMissing: violin worth €30,000 stolen at Amsterdam Central Train Station
The instrument was stolen from a stationary train due to depart for Germany
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NewsMissing: violin bow stolen in Miami Airport
The item, worth $10,000, went missing on 6 July 2023
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NewsNicolò Gagliano violin recovered in Berlin
The priceless instrument, missing for three years, was discovered by police conducting a different investigation
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NewsRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic cellist appeals for return of stolen cello
Cellist Gethyn Jones’s Colin Irving 1977 instrument was taken from his car
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NewsBows worth $55,000 stolen from car in Midtown Manhattan
Lamy and Voirin cello bows were on trial from Salchow & Sons
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NewsCello stolen on Paris-Le Mans train
The instrument, built by Parisian luthier Charles Coquet in 2012, was taken yesterday afternoon
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NewsNicolò Gagliano violin stolen in Berlin
A violin by Nicolò Gagliano made in Naples in 1769 was stolen without its case in Berlin on 11 March
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NewsLong missing ‘Ames, Totenberg’ Stradivarius now on long-term loan to Nathan Meltzer
Young US violinist chosen as beneficiary of newly founded New York based instrument loan organisation Rare Violins In Consortium
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NewsCello stolen from LA Opera orchestra principal
John Walz’s 2010 Mario Miralles cello was taken from his San Diego hotel room yesterday
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VideoGagliano violin sold to pawn shop for $50 in Boston
A 1759 violin by Ferdinando Gagliano, worth an estimated $250,000, was old to a Boston pawn shop for $50. It had been stolen from during a recent break-in in the city. This video from Boston 25 News.
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NewsCar stolen along with two violins, viola and seven bows in Los Angeles
Philip Vaiman appeals for dealers and luthiers to keep a look-out for valuable instruments and bows, including a Sartory
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NewsOphélie Gaillard reunited with stolen Goffriller cello
Thieves make anonymous call and return instrument after seeing social media posts and realising its true value
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NewsFrancesco Goffriller cello stolen at knifepoint in France
Ophélie Gaillard was robbed of the on-loan cello, her own Persoit bow – and her mobile phone
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NewsObituary: viola and violin soloist Luigi Alberto Bianchi, 1945-2018
Menuhin protégé who in later years swapped fluidly between violin and viola, and whose career was punctuated by the thefts of two famous instruments
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NewsViolin, viola and several bows stolen from Parisian flat
Giuseppe Rocca violin insured for €500,000 stolen from Julien Chauvin, violinist director of period instrument group Le Concert de la Loge
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News300-year-old violin taken from London train is recovered safely
The Maggini instrument, beloning to Baroque musician Jane Gordon, was taken from the overhead luggage rack of the train from London Waterloo
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NewsGofriller violin stolen at London underground station is recovered safely
The 18th-century instrument was snatched while Krysia Osostowicz was unlocking her bike
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NewsTwo double basses stolen from North Carolina store in US
Thieves broke into the Bass Violin Shop in Greensboro in the early hours of yesterday morning
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NewsArtemis Quartet musician's Carl Becker violin stolen on German train
Anthea Kreston's 1928 instrument was taken from the overhead rack
