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The Duke of Alcantara Stradivarius is a violin made by Antonio Stradivari of Cremona, Italy in 1732. In 1929 it was purchased by a collector in the United States and later donated to the University of California, Los Angeles. A student at the university misplaced the violin in 1967 and the instrument went missing for 27 years. It reappeared when it was taken in for repairs and in 1995 UCLA successfully sued for ownership. The instrument was valued at around US$2,000,000 in 2014.
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Bein & Fushi, Inc. is a stringed instrument dealership and repair shop in Chicago founded in 1976, known internationally for its dealership of antique string instruments such as those made by luthiers Antonio Stradivari and Giuseppe Guarneri. Bein & Fushi includes the Stradivari Society, known for lending rare violins to young aspiring artists.
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- ↑ "Leo Stern Dead; The Noted Violoncellist Expires in London" (PDF). The New York Times. 12 September 1904. Retrieved 2008-02-09.
- ↑ "Cello by Antonio Stradivari, 1684 (General Kyd; ex-Leo Stern)". Cozio.com. Archived from the original on 2008-05-03. Retrieved 2008-02-09.
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- ↑ "Stolen Stradivarius Cello Found Damaged in L.A." Violinist.com. 19 May 2004.
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