In 1987 Marcelle Hall returned a Stradivarius her husband had stolen in 1936 & got this type of fee, $263,000
[DOC] [TLE] Stolen Stradivarius Divides a Family - The New York Times [PAR] Nov 6, 1996 ... Marcelle Hall in 1987 returned stolen Stradivarius to Lloyd's of ... her late 
husband, Julian Altman, told her on his deathbed he had stolen from ... Hall 
dressing room in 1936; Hall, 78, received $263000 finder's fee ... That's how he 
got backstage.''