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NEW WESTMINSTER, British Columbia, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- A violin discovered last month at a British Columbia museum has been deemed not to actually be a creation of famed violin-maker Antonio Stradivari.
The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported that despite the presence of the label "Antonius Stradivarius Cremonensis Faciebat Anno 172" inside of the violin, Stradivari scholar Michael Altshuler declared the instrument not to be a product of the famed Italian musical genius.
Curator Colin Stevens found the violin while working at the New Westminster Museum and Archives in British Columbia last month and had hoped the instrument would be one of Stradivari's reported 1,100 instrumental creations.
A violin made by Stradivari typically sells for $2 million to $3 million.
But Altshuler revealed the bad news Tuesday, saying that instead of a valuable musical treasure the museum is now the owner of an 80- to 100-year-old violin.
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