The Moser Collection 1912

[estcrh]

More.

[corrado26]

Oh yes, I have the catalogue of 1955
corrado26

[estcrh]

Originally Posted by corrado26

Oh yes, I have the catalogue of 1955
corrado26

Thanks, hard to believe that there are so few images available and I can find none from the actual collection, just the catalogs.

[Ibrahiim al Balooshi]

SEE~ http://archive.aramcoworld.com/issue...enri.moser.htm

[mariusgmioc]

Fantastic thread!

For the first time I see a photo of the famed Kara Khorassan type of wootz.

[corrado26]

Originally Posted by estcrh

Thanks, hard to believe that there are so few images available and I can find none from the actual collection, just the catalogs.

Do you want to have more fotos?
corrado26

[ariel]

I have the 1923 and 1955 editions. The 1912 was well above my pay grade: marital bliss is more important.

But, BTW, I just caught my better half reading ( not leafing through!) Kirill Rivkin's book on Eastern sword! All is not lost:-)

[estcrh]

Originally Posted by corrado26

Do you want to have more fotos?
corrado26

Of course, I have searched in several languages but not much shows up.

[ariel]

With 12 years delay :-))) my comment on Tom Hyle's doubts re. color photography in 1912: yes, it existed. Google " "Prokudin-Gorsky".

He was a Russian photographer and made color pictures of different areas of Russian Empire between 1905 - 1915. His pics of Central Asian persons show local weapons in great detail.

[Oriental-Arms]

Several photos from my visit with colleague collector to the Moser collection in the cellars of Bern Historisches Museum, April 1994. I do not have good photos of specific items but one can be impressed from the magnitude and variety of the collection.