This machine certainly doesn't kill fascists, that was, instead, the Italian people during World War II.
I am, of course, speaking of Benito Mussolini, whose violin will be auctioned in Bonhams London on May 12.
The violin is projected to bank $250,000 (nothing compared to the $45 Million MacDonald Strad that David Aaron Carpenter played at Sotheby's).
The 300-year-old piece of wood is obviously noteworthy, having been crafted by Girolamo Hieronymus Amati in the 1700s. Amati's father taught Stradivarius and his grandfather is credited with the invention of the entire violin instrument.
Mussolini, according to Limelight, owned the violin years prior to the war and was said to be a skilled musician who performed publically with his son Romano.
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