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Old 1st October 2016, 08:15 PM   #1
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Does anyone know what happened with Michael's collection after his death?
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Old 2nd October 2016, 01:41 PM   #2
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All his property was left in a will to a friend of his youth.
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I can only hope that his collection can somehow, some way, stay together and re-appear some day.
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All his property was left in a will to a friend of his youth.
I hope that this friend will registered on the vikingsword someday
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That are good news Fernando because I thought I found some of Michels legacy on the last autctions of Hermann-Historica. But this might be things that Michel released to them for auction.
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I hope that this friend will registered on the vikingsword someday
It will never be the same .


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That are good news Fernando because I thought I found some of Michels legacy on the last autctions of Hermann-Historica. But this might be things that Michel released to them for auction.
Possible.
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Old 3rd October 2016, 04:05 PM   #8
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In my last conversations with Michael in the months before we lost him, as some of you might recall, he was facing some serious circumstances legally with state authorities. His financial situation was quite threatened due to his terrible health issues, and seizure of his collection holdings were looming.

I think there may have been a number of items selected to be released for sale in order to protect the rest of his remarkably important core of arms which represented his lifelong work. I do believe he sought to secure safety for those holdings. I am relieved to hear that they have apparently found safety from being dispersed widely as together they represent the life's work of one of the most profound scholars on medieval and renaissance firearms and ordnance. We were most fortunate to have had him here, where he remains a legacy in our pages.
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He was indeed a phenomenal person and quite brilliant in everything in these pages he touched. I do hope Forum finds a place for his memories and that something like a roll of honour position can be placed with references to him and his magnificent threads... We should remember him thus.

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