One of four violins stolen from a St. Paul store this weekend was recovered when someone brought it in to a business to try to sell it, police said Monday.

A man pepper-sprayed a 17-year-old employee at Fein Violins on Grand Avenue near Fairview Avenue, before getting away with the violins, about 1:15 p.m. Saturday.

At about 5 p.m. Saturday, someone brought one of the violins to Music Go Round on West Seventh Street to try to sell it and then left it, according to a police spokesman. The violin was still in perfect condition, said Andrew Fein, who owns the violin shop.

No one had been arrested as of Tuesday afternoon. The violins are worth thousands of dollars apiece, according to police.

Police ask anyone with information to call them at 651-266-5650.