The violins were expensive — and very, very old. They included a Caressa & Francais, dated 1913 and valued at $40,000. A $60,000 Gand & Bernardel, dated 1870. And a 200-year-old Lorenzo Ventapane ...
A man has now been charged in a robbery on the CTA Blue Line where an expensive violin was taken, Chicago police said. The man whose valuable violin was stolen on a CTA train in the Loop on Friday ...