A Rarity Reclaimed: Stolen Stradivarius Recovered After 35 Years

A Rarity Reclaimed: Stolen Stradivarius Recovered After 35 Years

By Nina Totenberg

For decades virtuoso violinist Roman Totenberg played his prized Stradivarius around the world. Then one day in 1980 it was snatched. Gone. But in June the FBI called his daughter with news.

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