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Seattle Police are asking for help tracking down a rare and very expensive musical instrument ripped off in a weekend 24th Ave burglary.
SPD says the rare 1890 Enrico Marchetti cello was discovered stolen along with bows and a blue and black carbon fiber case in a $250,000 burglary reported Sunday evening around 5 PM at a home in the 1600 block of 24th Ave near Pine.
“The homeowners found the residence had been broken into with the front door open and a window shattered,” SPD reports. “The cello was last seen on May 4.”
Enrico Marchetti was a Turin violin maker “regarded as one of the finest violin makers of the Guadagnini school,” according to Wikipedia. Reported sales of the instruments are rare.
SPD says detectives are investigating the break-in but are asking anyone with information about the stolen cello or other items to call the SPD Tip Line at (206) 233-5000.
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F*cking thieves!! That’s a beautiful instrument, my heart goes out to the owner. I hope they can recover it undamaged.
There have been a couple of thefts reported here that read like some advanced planning that might have needed to involve a prearranged buyer for specific items unusual or normally difficult to fence. Targeted?
Now Seattle’s most expensive fire log.