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] Articles about Stradivarius - latimes [PAR] Stradivarius viola could fetch $45 million at Sotheby's sale ... Over the centuries, 
Stradivarius has become the standard for the best in stringed instruments.