Hearing about those expensive instruments always reminds me of this story:
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A classical violinist Joshua Bell donned clothes befitting of a vagrant (a homeless man) and went busking in the streets of Washington DC in 2007, in his hand he held a Stradivarius violin worth around £1, 800, 000 and was booked to play that night in a theatre for almost double that amount.
He stood inside the station with his violin case open to receive money from any passers-by as buskers do and begun to play. Closing his eyes he got lost in the music, many people walking by said it was one of the most beautiful things they had ever heard, but most walked past as if he didn’t exist, some even looked with distain at this poor looking tramp begging for money.
Bell managed to collect $32.17 not including $20 from a passer-by who recognized him.
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Snopes article on the same story.
As to the story, very cool. Like Bertuzzied, I would be petrified to take that thing out of it's case, or transport it anywhere.