Washington

The 1759 handcrafted Ferdinando Gagliano instrument surfaced at a pawn shop in Somerville last week. The bows alone were valued at USD 16,000 to USD 18,000, Xinhua quoted the store manager Dylan McDermitt as saying. 

As per their policy, the pawn shop planned to hold on to the violin for 30 days before listing it on the market, but before they were able to capitalise on the deal, police informed them that the violin was stolen from a house earlier in July. The police were expected to pick up the violin.

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