In 1987 Marcelle Hall returned a Stradivarius her husband had stolen in 1936 & got this type of fee, $263,000
It 
wasn't until 1987 (2 years later) that his wife returned the Stradivarius to Lloyds of 
.... which paid her a $263,000 finder's fee and then sold the violin for... [DOC] [TLE] TIL that in 1936 a rare million-dollar Stradivarius violin got stolen ... [PAR] May 27, 2016 ... the Stradivarius was stolen out of his dressing room by 20 year old Julian ...