this had been getting into some good discussion again on the so called ss cask...
so there are 2 in existence like yours Michael? Same names or different ones?
Thorsten, sometimes bad economic times bring the treasures out of the closets to be placed on the market and this could explain the surge of casks for sale in the last few months which has now died down. I will remind you that DHW tapestries also have come out of the woodwork lately but that alone doesn't mean that they are all fakes. I really believe that long held treasures were and are still coming out of collections due to the market and collectors are not as apt to buying something new until they can unload something "old" from their collections.
I think Michael's named cask is strong evidence as to the period usage of these casks and the further connection to a grave makes it more credible. Of course, it is possible that some disreputable seller could "reverse-engineer" one based on the same info but it was not marketed like that or hyped with that connection. This info was discovered AFTER the cask was already sold! Very intrigueing to me and good hope for the originality camp.
so there are 2 in existence like yours Michael? Same names or different ones?
Thorsten, sometimes bad economic times bring the treasures out of the closets to be placed on the market and this could explain the surge of casks for sale in the last few months which has now died down. I will remind you that DHW tapestries also have come out of the woodwork lately but that alone doesn't mean that they are all fakes. I really believe that long held treasures were and are still coming out of collections due to the market and collectors are not as apt to buying something new until they can unload something "old" from their collections.
I think Michael's named cask is strong evidence as to the period usage of these casks and the further connection to a grave makes it more credible. Of course, it is possible that some disreputable seller could "reverse-engineer" one based on the same info but it was not marketed like that or hyped with that connection. This info was discovered AFTER the cask was already sold! Very intrigueing to me and good hope for the originality camp.
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