lost stradivarius violin surfaces

a 1725 stradivarius violin, which disappeared from the dallas symphony orchestra in 1985, will be returned after auctioneers bonhams found the violin. the current owner received the violin from someone who wanted to pay his debts. now the owner knows the violin has been missing for 21 years, he wants it to return to the orchestra. the rare violin is estimated € 825,000.

this is a 1689 stradivarius: