A 1922 Giuseppe Pedrazzini Violin appeared on PBS's Antiques Roadshow.
The owner of the violin revealed that he and his wife picked up the instrument in a trash near a military footlocker on the way back home in San Antonio, Texas.
"Well, we picked it up. My wife has a violin that belonged to her grandfather, and we thought we could use it for parts to repair it."
Peter Shaw, the president of Amati Violin Shop, Inc. appraised that the violin could be $50,000 worth after it was cleaned up and put into a good condition.
"On the inside of the instrument, it has the maker's label, which is Giuseppe Pedrazzini. And it says, "1922." He was a very well-known Italian violin maker from what we consider the modern Italian school of violin making," he explained.
Even if the violin looked awful in current condition, Shaw estimated that an auction for retail of musical instruments would call around $35,000.
The show was recorded on August 4 and aired on January 7, 2012.
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