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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | May 2004, a 320-year-old, $3.5 million cello made by Antonio Stradivari is recovered days after being stolen from principal cellist Peter Stumpf of the Los Angeles Philharmonic ... the cello was discovered by a nurse near a trash bin on her way to see a patient ... the nurse had asked her husband, a cabinetmaker, to fashion the instrument into a CD case ... fortunately she saw a news report on the instrument before he got started... |
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Location: PDX | Incredible. Thank goodness it was recovered!!!!!!
You know, music is such a universal language, and in my opinion, the most accessible art form. The instruments that perform this emotionally charged vehicle to the human experience should be world treasures. You can go to jail for years for smoking pot -- steal a 320 year old cello? I doubt they would see anything more than a swat on the ass. F'd up imho.
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Location: North Carolina | Originally posted by gh1:
You can go to jail for years for smoking pot -- steal a 320 year old cello? I doubt they would see anything more than a swat on the ass.
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gh1 [/QB] For the theft of something valued at $3.5? No, it definitely would be more severe than that. That's probably why it was recovered. It was too hot to fence, so the guy dumped it. |
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OT: This week 2 years ago
