US EditionSuspected Nazi-Looted Stradivarius Reappears in France, Says Expert
- Pascale Bernheim, an expert on looted musical instruments, believes a rare Stradivarius violin played at a Colmar concert is the "Lauterbach," allegedly stolen by Nazis from a Warsaw museum in 1944.
- Antonio Stradivari crafted only nine violins in 1719, with the "Lauterbach" and "Lautenschlager" still missing. The "Lautenschlager" has a two-piece wooden back, while the "Lauterbach" has a single-piece back.
- Concert producer Emmanuel Jaeger disputes the identification, telling the Alsace newspaper on Thursday, "To the best of my knowledge, this isn't the stolen violin." Jaeger claims the concert violin is a different 1719 Stradivarius.
- Late British luthier Charles Beare identified the instrument as a Stradivarius from the "golden period" before he died last year. Bernheim notes the violin's true provenance still requires confirmation with absolute certainty.
- The rarity of such instruments is evidenced by the "Lady Blunt," which sold for $15.9 million in 2011. Whether this specific violin is the missing 1719 "Lauterbach" stolen during World War II remains a mystery.
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One of the world's most sought-after violins, the "Lauterbach", a 1719 Stradivarius, lost since the Second World War and estimated at ten million euros, is said to have been presented at an evening in Colmar last March.
A Stradivarius violin from 1719, stolen by Nazi soldiers from a Warsaw museum in 1944, may have reappeared at an Easter festival in Colmar at the end of last March.
The association Music and Spoliation assures the “Parisien” that the prestigious instrument worth 10 million euros, stolen by the Nazis in Warsaw in 1944, was seen at the end of March during a concert organized in Colmar, in Haut-Rhin, which the organizer denies.
According to the association Music and Spoliation, the prestigious instrument, stolen by the Nazis in Warsaw in 1944, was seen during a concert in March in Haut-Rhin.
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