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3rd November 2008, 07:33 PM
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Or did he think it looked misplaced in that corner ?  Fernando |
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3rd November 2008, 07:59 PM
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 ...."................." (speechless  )Regards David |
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3rd November 2008, 08:35 PM
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No, serious, as I wrote, he got a lot of things from me and we sometimes interchange pieces. Each of us faces times when something really important for our respective collections turns up and has to bought quickly, mostly at auction; as we are not rich people we are then forced to deaccession of things that serve more or less decorative purposes in our specialzied collections. As we are close friends, we inform each other when such a situation arises and mostly the other party then acquires the item that has to go. It's just that easy - and the best way, too, I guess. Michael
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3rd November 2008, 09:37 PM
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Some better details of the cranequins and the arrangement.
And some images of the 'humble' beginning of his collection, 6-12 years ago. Michael |
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3rd November 2008, 10:01 PM
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Some more cranequins.
And details of the late Gothic crossbow, ca. 1530, from the Dukes of Brunswick collection, its tiller mostly veneered with natural staghorn plaques; two views of the underside of the tiller, with the long lever trigger taken off. Rare to see details. And his three latest crossbows, from left: ca. 1530, ca. 1580 and a stone bow, ca. 1650. Plus two views of a rarely published medieval illumination from the famous de Milemete manuscript, 1326-7, in the Oxford library. That's all for tonight, folks. Michael |
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3rd November 2008, 10:10 PM
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Incredible!
Thank you very much, Matchlock, I feel like I have just been given a tour to a very special museum. |
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3rd November 2008, 10:27 PM
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Thank you, TWW,
It is words like yours that make highly specialized collecting rewarding in the end - in spite of all the costs. And I do not only mean money but most of all time for studying, making endless museum tours, buying hundreds of books and taking thousands of photographs ... It is is a different kind of living requiring many sacrifices in order to be able and collect things that most people would never give a damn about. I, for example, do not even have a car or a bike. But I have a highly specialized collection. It is as Jim told me: We follow a different drum. Thank you again, Jim, my friend! Michael |
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3rd November 2008, 10:28 PM
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Sorry, TW,
I noticed too late that here was one W too much. Michael |
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