31 January 2014, a US$100,000 reward was announced for the return of the violin. Milwaukee police worked with international police organizations on recovery efforts. The original getaway vehicle and violin case were both found a short time after the original attack, which appeared to have been carefully planned in advance. Three suspects were arrested by Milwaukee police on February 3, 2014. On February 6, 2014, Milwaukee Police Chief Edward Flynn announced that the violin had been recovered. Provenance Giuseppe Tartini Signor Salvini, Milan Karol Lipinski Richard Weichold, instrument dealer, Dresden, 1861 Engelbert Röntgen, Leipzig owner not known W. E. Hill & Sons, instrument dealers, London, 1899 Unknown amateur musician, Holland Hill & Sons, instrument dealers, London owner not known Hamma, instrument dealers, Germany Unknown Wurlitzer, New York, 1922 Alfredo de Saint Malo, 1927 Roger Chittolini José Martínez Cañas, Havana, 1941 Wurlitzer, instrument dealers, New York, 1960 Rosalind Elsner Anschuetz / Richard Anschuetz, Evi Liivak, 1962 Anonymous Anschuetz family member, Milwaukee, 2008 Joseph Joachim, Liivak, Malonzenoff, and Persinger are also known to have possessed the Lipinski Stradivarius. See also List of Stradivarius instruments References Further reading External links The Lipinski (2016), a short film by Fourth City. 1715 musical instruments Stradivari violins 1715 works Stradivari instruments