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The New York Times > New York Region > Violin Collector Known for Sale to Orchestra Is Sentenced to 18 Months in Tax Fraud: "Violin Collector Known for Sale to Orchestra Is Sentenced to 18 Months in Tax Fraud
By RONALD SMOTHERS

Published: March 22, 2005

RENTON, March 21 - A New Jersey millionaire and philanthropist who gained notoriety when questions were raised about the value of a collection of 17th- and 18th-century stringed instruments that he sold to the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra was sentenced Monday to 18 months in prison on unrelated tax fraud charges."