Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 July 1895 — Found a Treasure. [ARTICLE]

Found a Treasure.

Herr Vansell, son of the well-known engraver of Berlin, saw a violin In an old curiosity shop, took a fancy to it, and bought it for S2O. He did not care to name the price to his friends for fear of being laughed at, as he considered it somewhat excessive. One day he took it to a violin maker for repair. How great was his astonishment when he was told that it was a genuine Amatl, worth several hundred pounds. Some few days after the violin was sold to a member of the opera house orchestra for $1,500, and the purchaser of the same was the same day offered $2,500 for the Instrument, which is said to be a magnificent specimen of the maker.