If I pass my violin down in my family and it ends up looking like that they will have a very angry ghost on their hands
skeletonducc
Eddy: " Turn it Into A Viola"
Brett: *"Or Just Make It Firewood"*
Deeznat
The "expert" knew the moment he got the call that it wasn't a Stradivarius. Gotta love the way he stretched it out for the camera.
smokeynewton
I found an old violin and a painting in the attic. The antique dealer said, "The good news is you've got a Stradivarius and a Picasso. The bad news is Stradivarius was a terrible painter and Picasso made crap violins."
PeterVesuwalla
*Ling Ling:*
_If you can sell it Cheaply, you can sell it Pricey_
duchi
Me: I have one of the rarest violins in the world, a Stradivarius that has been missing for a 100 years
Rick: I'll take that for 50 dollars and a pack of chips and I'm taking a lotta risk here
yungdagger
"People make a living off this, and they would get beat up and smashed around a lot."
Violins = percussion instruments confirmed.
thutruong
I have a trumpet that says both “Stradivarius” and “Bach”, but not “copy”. Clearly it was made by JS Bach and Tony Stradivarius, so I’ll take my $1.4mil pls
geoffdurbin
People don't try and sell a real stradivarius at a pawn shop.
benjaminboyle
Dude, that luthier's label looks like it's been printed yesterday. Dipped in tea, scrunched up a bit, a bit of glue and voila!
remsan
I love how they put ‘pawn stars’ across the screen to avoid any *misunderstandings*
oldbird
Owner: this is a strad.
Other people: that’s rotten wood.
라엘-kw
"It has been in my family for many generations."
"My grandfather bought it."
specialunit
I like how the whole violin is in shambles but the label inside is pristine and looks like it was printed with a font from Windows 95.
hartdr
I used to get phone-calls of somebody finding a "Stradivarius" on a weekly basis.
The instrument is clearly a mass produced German violin made in the late 1800's or early 1900's.
Even if you compare the label to real Strad labels it is way different, but the biggest difference is in the way the violin was made and looks.
My valuation... well the repair would cost way more than the violin will ever be worth... so it is a minus figure :)
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AskOlaftheViolinmaker
"Mom can we buy a Strad"
"No, we have a Strad at home"
*The Strad at home* :
UyenNguyen-dhho
Twoset, with an apparent aussie accent: Pawn Stars
*DEMONITIZED*
yshkadiie
Las Vegas native here! The people in the back are regular people. There’s always a line outside of that pawn shop bc people want to be on tv and stuff. They sign release forms if they walk in during filming.
feelingpeachi
One look at the label would tell you that it's not authentic; Strad's labels read "Antonius Stradivarius Cremonensis Faciebat Anno ___" (followed by the year it was made). The labels were clearly made on an old-fashioned printing press, because of the rounded corners and lack of sharp lines in the type. They're old enough by now that the paper they were printed on has deteriorated in color to a point where they are so brown that they almost blend in with the unfinished wood of the back plate's interior. Any luthier worth his salt would be able to take one glance at the violin (without even looking at the label) and tell you that it's a German factory instrument from the mid-to-late 19th century. People bought these violins from a catalog for around $0.25; they were a predecessor to the television. Everyone had a violin in their home, and because of the sheer volume these were produced in, they continue to pop up like weeds to this day. Everyone who has one had it passed down through their family, and the bulk of these people have no idea that what they have is a worthless factory-made instrument.
