Several ideas:
1. The music shop owner may not could have put any more than $1,000 into the violin
2. He may not have wanted to tie up more than that and
3. I'll bet the guy on the 'Antiques Roadshow' didn't reach for his checkbook to buy the violin for twice what the music shop offered much less the $50,000 he claimed was the true value. It is a TV show after all.
Last edited by MColeman; 02/16/13.
