Word: nicotra
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Dates: during 1934-1934
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...Amadeus Mozart's, Walter Toscanini, long-nosed son of Conductor Arturo Toscanini, once paid 2,700 lire ($229.50). Shortly Son Walter, a rare-book dealer, learned that the signature was forged, gave Milan police a tip as to who the forger was. They found the rogue, one Tobia Nicotra, in his workshop, busy making autographs of Christopher Columbus, Lorenzo de' Medici, Warren Gamaliel Harding, many another...
...court last week Accuser Toscanini testified that Nicotra visited the U. S. in 1932, posed as the late Musician Richard Drigo, was widely feted. Two years in jail was Nicotra's sentence. Said Dealer Toscanini: "I wanted to restore the faith of foreign collectors in Italian dealers...
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