Stolen violin worth $ 250B bought at the pawn shop for $ 50

A violin stolen before the American Revolutionary War and worth more than $ 250,000 was unknowingly purchased by a Massachusetts pawn shop – for only $ 50

A New Employee of LBC Boutique and Loan in Somerville Boston, did not realize that he was dealing with a very special violin: a violin handmade by Federico Gagliano and one of a kind dating back to 1759.

While At $ 50 it was a robbery for the pawn shop, "We received a call from a detective from the Somerville Police Department," said Dylan McDermitt of LBC Boutique and Loan in Boston 25. "This particular [seller] did not have a criminal record."

He said that the store is required by law to hold coins for 30 days in case one finds that objects have been stolen.

his rightful owner and McDermitt says that his store will change his practices so that similar incidents do not occur.

"We will start asking customers to play violins to make sure we know it's theirs," he says.