A musician who went into a central London sandwich store to buy something to eat has had a 300-year-old Stradivarius violin worth 1.2 million pounds ($1.9 million) stolen, police said on Monday. British Transport Police have launched a public appeal to get the rare instrument back and the musician's insurer, Lark Insurance Broking Group, has offered a 15,000-pound reward for information leading to its recovery.
Detective Inspector Andy Rose said the theft took place on the evening of Monday, November 29, outside Euston train station. After going to a Pret A Manger cafe, the violinist noticed her violin case had been taken and called the police. Inside the case was a 1696 Antonio Stradivarius antique violin as well as a Peccatte bow, valued at 62,000 pounds, and another bow made by the School of Bazin valued at more than 5,000 pounds.
"These items hold enormous sentimental and professional value for the victim," Rose said in a statement. "But although they are extremely valuable, it would be very difficult to sell them on as they are so rare and distinctive that they will be easily recognized as stolen property. "It's possible the instrument will be offered for sale within the antique or musical trade and we ask anyone who has any knowledge of the violin's whereabouts to come forward so it can be returned to its rightful owner."
The police did not name the classical musician, but British media reported that the violin's owner was 32-year-old Korean-born Min-Jin Kym. British Transport Police were not immediately available to comment on the identity of the victim.
Whoever stole the violin; you can't sell it, you know. What are you going to do with it; keep it in your closet?Give it back, anonymously if you must but give it back. It has enormous historical value to the world.
Jeannie,
ReplyDeleteI left you a package in drafts , enjoy .
Nan
I have just been staring at Jonny's beautiful face. He looks like your family. He could be your natural son.
ReplyDeleteHi Cutie ... How you doing ? I know you had a busy day .
ReplyDeleteHow is Nana ?? Brian in good spirits ??
They say he looks like me , he's a sweetie. He's such a happy child.
ReplyDeleteAnd Nan is a damn fine looking woman. Her eyes look like they are dark brown.Is that so??
ReplyDeleteYour homes are lovely And look like they are loved and cared for. you can tell a lot about a person by the way they care for their homes.
Did Nan send you her photo , the heifer ? She said something about houses.
ReplyDeleteNan's eyes is dark brown , they look black when she's mad.
ReplyDeleteI wonder how the folks around that conference table will feel with those witchy green eyes boring into them.
ReplyDeleteYou're very pretty but I guess you hear that all the time.
ReplyDeleteI didn't want my picture on the wall , but it's next to Dad's . I an't wait to see their faces.
ReplyDeleteYou like my big boy ???
THANKYOU VERY MUCH NAN FOR THE PEEK INTO YOUR LIVES. AND NOW I CAN PUT A FACE TO YOUR WORDS.
ReplyDeleteI'M MOST GRATEFUL...YOUR PAL...J
Thankyou , but remember my sweetie , that's just a spell I put on you.
ReplyDeleteYour big boy is gorgeous and has a sweet trusting face. I love him.
ReplyDeleteDad just walked in and asked was I talking to you and he said to tell you he will write you a letter tomorrow , he had dinner with aunt Mae this evening .
ReplyDeleteI'm starting to believe in those damn spells.
ReplyDeleteJeannie,
ReplyDeleteMusty Butt just called you are so very welcome , I'm sorry Mae misplaced the house pictures , they was taken in the summer.
Nan
Thankyou Nan and you are a good looking woman. Something like I pictured you.
ReplyDeleteMusty Butt didn't know you were going to add your picture. I thought you had forgotten my request to see you.
ReplyDeleteYour houses are really pretty and in a nice green setting. I can't see anything green from my window at the moment.
ReplyDeleteJeannie,
ReplyDeleteThose pictures was taken in late spring or late summer, they are not green now. I remembered about the picture I kept forgetting.
Now you see what Gil went crazy for.
Nan
It was such a good idea to wait and register him in your name. He won't have the stigma of having his name changed while he's in school. All the kids would have guessed he was adopted and may have been cruel.
ReplyDeleteGil knows a good thing when he sees it. Once he saw Nee, she couldn't get rid of him. He stuck to her like white on rice.
ReplyDeleteJeannie,
ReplyDeleteLet me tell you this and then I am off to take my shower.
One of the Circus guys told Gil that all his kids looked like him and Nee and he just laughed and told him if you feed them long enough they will look like you.
So I will say good night .
Nan
PS: I will find out from Nee to see when they are going out next week. Goodnight
Goodnight Nan , and as I said earlier I think Jonny looks a lot like your family. Don't you think so?
ReplyDeleteWhoever he looks like, he's gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteThanks again honey, have a good night.
NITE NAN ...I think it's Thursday.
ReplyDeleteMick Jagger is one ugly bastard.
ReplyDeleteThe big guy up there doesn't like us, whoever he is.
ReplyDeleteFor all we know , it could be Jimmy Hoffa up there. He has to be somewhere, right?? And no one seems to know where.
They say your life shows on your face. So, I say he has had one dissipated life. But not quite as bad as Keith Richards...HA!
ReplyDeleteI understand how you feel and it breaks my heart , in the few years I'm known you , you get knocked down and don't complain , bad people get away with everything . good people just get kicked to the curb... I asked Dad what was the use of being good.
ReplyDeleteNana complained for so long today, I could feel myself losing consciousness and falling off my chair. I woke up with my face in the dog bowl.
ReplyDeleteOh, I complain honey. To anyone who will listen.
ReplyDeleteNone as bad as Howard Stern ...
ReplyDeleteI don't understand why the big guy lets so much evil go on forever and ever . It's just not fair.
You make a very good point; and also why is he letting us destroy our whole planet. What is the point of letting us all die??
ReplyDeleteYou are a strong woman and have a lot of will power .
ReplyDeleteI don't know If I could be that strong .
Excuse me half a tick. I hear nature calling me.
ReplyDeleteIf you read the bible , this has been going on since time began, I don't understand , it says he is all knowing , don't that mean he know things before they happen.
ReplyDeleteI have started watching the history channel about Ancient Aliens and the pyramids and all the other stuff and often wonder how man could build them .
Im back and I feel much more comfortable. Now where were we??
ReplyDeleteI think we were talking about Mick Jagger's small penis.
Are you feeling and doing any better ??
ReplyDeleteSome scientists got together a couple of years ago and proved that man could have built the pyramids. They put a couple of stone blocks on top of each other.It took them a couple of weeks to do it.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all they were still working with modern day engineering knowledge. Secondly, the pyramids are fucking enormous. It would take a couple of centuries to build them that slow.
So, aliens???I think so.
[giggles] Richards is telling people about mick's little penis Hahaha shit Keith should have told Mick he had a big ass-hole, and just called Jamie Foxx ..
ReplyDeleteI'm hot and bad .
I'm not feeling well, but honestly, I'm used to it. I have been sick for more than 25 years now years now.
ReplyDeleteI think the crop fields.
ReplyDeleteSweetie just think , man has been to the moon and no water, Aliens could have an underground city on the moon.
Barksdale Air Force Base is about 20 miles from my house and they have a whole city underground , that's the first place Bush landed at when thee terrorist hit the trade building and DC.
Mick has over-used that little penis for fifty years. It probably wore out and shrivelled up.
ReplyDeleteYou are hot tonight...HA!
Did you see on the news ... people attacted Prince Charles abd Camille Limo , I didn't catch where they was going.
ReplyDeleteThere are a number of underground military bases in the US. You have a couple in your deserts, also not too far away from you.
ReplyDeleteIt's very possible and plausible that aliens would camouflage themselves by going underground.
In a couple of decades if global warming is not controlled we will all be living underground just to survive the heat.
Dad said to tell you he will seen you a letter tomorrow , he was out all evening visiting aunt Mae and had dinner with them, I bet Sis cooked ham hocks and butter beans.
ReplyDeleteWhy did they attack Camilla and Charlie?? Is it because they hate her so much??
ReplyDeleteIs that one of dad's favorite dishes. He said you were all good cooks in your family. At least, you Nan and Sis.
ReplyDeleteDid dad get my letter? I tried to make him blush.
ReplyDeleteIt do make you wonder about a lot of things, I'm not to surprise about things these days, and since meeting you , I want to know about things I just took for granted, now I have started asking my questions and he glad I have taken an interested some of the things he likes also , he liked the pictures you posted that was taken from space .
ReplyDeleteNow he reads all your space and alien posts.
I think the news said it was about the high taxes , they would have to pay for the wedding, I just got the tail end . They was on their way to a Ball , I think.
ReplyDeleteDad reads all my space posts??I wouldn't take him for a guy who was interested in astronomy or space exploration.
ReplyDeleteCharlie can't control the taxes. They are not using public money for the wedding. Some people are dummies.
ReplyDeleteYes he got your letter and told me his little lady was a little devil and just laughed , Dad tickles me when he talks naughty , you know it's naughty but you want to hear it , he cleans it up quite well.
ReplyDeleteThe ladies at the meeting love to sit by him .
If they are using public money( and I don't see how they can) then I don't blame the people for being mad.
ReplyDeleteDad was not use to eating his food weel season and spicy and all they ate was meat/pasta and salads.
ReplyDeleteDad has a sweet tooth .
I guess dad and Gil both like the spicy food now,eh? (And the spicy women)
ReplyDeletePeople are crazy... It was said that the Queen was paying for the wedding and she is helping her people all she know how.
ReplyDeleteYou will see it on your news .
No I said Gil reads all your space posts {giggles]
ReplyDeleteA lot of people can't find their asses if the was holding it in both hands.
ReplyDeleteIt's the same way here , things they don't understand , they blame someone , any fool know they can't pay for the wedding .
I hope it's on your news are paper tomorrow and that way you can get the whole story.
I haven't had time to go to my NASA website in a week. I must check in tonight. Thanks for reminding me. I might have missed something. I'll check Big Think too and Anthroslug. Have you been to Anthro lately? If you leave him a comment he will always leave you a very nice response.
ReplyDeleteOne of the mags said Camille beat up Charles and he was getting a divorce ...not true. This one said the Queen was stepping down after the wedding and making William King ... I told Abe I wasn't writing that crap , I had a lot of Canadians readers and I didn't want them to think I was stupid , I told him , I wasn't going to write about Camille , she wasn't news.
ReplyDeletePerhaps we should part now, even though it will be painful to say goodbye.
ReplyDeleteYou have a nice house. I like the way the roof slopes then levels out to create shade all around the house.
I don't really see Queeny stepping down till they carry her away in a box. No one wants Charlie as king. He is an ineffectual idiot.
ReplyDeleteI go each time he put up a post , he's in Fresno now working , I haven't left him a not yet.
ReplyDeleteI will tell Gil to watch for your Big Think .
Gil believes in Aliens, he say they are so far advanced than we are but they are watching , but also hope they stay away.
Thankyou , see I can go up or down , I think I will keep everything on one floor , I have room at the back.
ReplyDeleteI love archeologists and he is a very nice one. One of my dreams was to be an archeologist. Kim wanted to be one too and went on a couple of digs.
ReplyDeleteSo goodnight sweetie and I will see you at twilight down by the pond .
ReplyDeleteGoodnite ..HUGS & KISSEs ...PIC
Kiss the Rock
PS: Dad says he will leave you a note tomorrow.
NITE..Bitchy Witchy
I believe it would suit the style of your house to spread out rather than go up. Can you go sideways and add a couple of wings, one either side?? It would look great. They shouldn't be as tall as the main house.
ReplyDeleteI like him and he seem friendly .
ReplyDeleteI have never read any of his comments.
Nite
I was thinking the same thing , I want to keep it child friendly , Man likes to clim and he loves Sis stairs.
ReplyDeleteSis has a child safety gate to keep Man and Brown Baby downstairs .
NITE
Goodnight Sweets,
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed our chat. See you down by that old pond in the woods. I never figured out the significance of the white flowers in my dream about the pond.
Sleep well...LUV & HUGS...PIC
White stands for purity and it's about time you had some good things happen for you .
ReplyDeleteWere they Dallodils ???
I meant daffodils .
ReplyDeleteI will asked you tomorrow.