A cellist on the street and robbed of cello of more than 1 million euro

A beroepsmuzikante is in the region of Paris on the streets deprived of a cello from the 18th century that more than 1 million euros worth. Also her bow from the 19th century, was stolen.

‘Help! !! My Francesco Goffriller cello is tonight stolen. And my personal Jean Marie Persoit-bow, made around 1825 in Paris, ” wrote Ophélie Gaillard Thursday night on Facebook. The cello of 1737 is on almost 1.3 million euros is estimated.

A police source confirmed Friday that a cellist, a complaint was filed due to the theft of her instrument from the 18th century. She said that an individual with a knife to her Thursday night threatened when she her home in Pantin, northeast of Paris, left. He took her phone and cello and fled on foot.

Ophélie Gaillard had the cello of the hand of the Italian Francesco Goffriller loan received from the bank CIC.