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Man Loses 17th-Century Violin on Train

Tuesday, April 15, 2008 12:55:31 AM
By RAPHAEL G. SATTER

This undated photograph made available Monday April 14, 2008 by the family of British violinist Elizabeth Hunt shows Elizabeth Hunt playing a Matteo Goffriller violin made by a master Venetian craftsman in 1698. Hunt's son Rob Napier lost the violin on a train home from London to Bedwyn, some 70 miles (115 km) west of London on Jan. 29. 2008 after retrieving the violin from an expert who had valued it at about 200,000 pounds (US$390,000; Euro 245,000). A reward of up to 10,000 pounds (about US$20,000 Euro12,000) is being offered for the instrument's recovery.  (AP Photo, Family HO) LONDON (AP) - A retired shipping consultant said he lost a 17th-century violin worth nearly $400,000 after leaving it on a train.

Rob Napier said Monday he did not realize the instrument — made by master Venetian craftsman Matteo Goffriller in 1698 — was still on the train's luggage rack until it began pulling out of the station.

"I think you can imagine the awful, kind of pit-in-your-stomach feeling," Napier told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. "My first instinct was: Can I jump on top of the train? But that was obviously stupid."


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