WCVB Channel 5 Boston

Violin pawned for $50 really worth much, MUCH more

It sounds like something straight out of the reality TV show “Pawn Stars.” A violin pawned for $50 turns out to be worth WAY more than that! It sounds like something straight out of the reality TV ...
News9

Pawn Shop Buys Violin For $50, Finds Out It’s Worth $250,000

A violin bought by a Massachusetts pawn shop for $50 has ended up being worth about 5,000 times that. WFXT-TV reports a new employee at the LBC Boutique and Loan in Somerville had no idea what he was ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Thief who sold violin to pawn shop for $50 could have done better. It’s worth $200,000

A stolen antique violin sold to a Somerville, Massachusetts, pawn shop for $50 is worth at least $200,000, police say. Two bows sold with the Ferdinando Gagliano instrument from 1759 are worth $20,000 ...
WCVB Channel 5 Boston

Violin brought into pawn shop worth 5,000x more than it was bought for

WEBVTT PRICELESS. IN THE PAWN BUSINESS 10 YEARS, DYLAN MCDERMITT HAS SEEN IT ALL. >> WE GET A LOT OF THESE VIOLINS ALL THE TIME, A LOT OF THEM MADE IN CHINA. HOW MANY TIMES I HAVE SEEN COPIES, I CAN’T ...