Adolf Hitlers Visor at Craig Gottliebs

[colt45s]

like an elephant, nice to look at but don't want to buy it

[WalterB]

Here you go:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fc63c...sc-_tLGjJjVcqA

You can also see Wolfe in it. So, I guess he is a mentor of CG really.

Interesting video. Even poor Vera makes an appearance. Now that the Mengele passport has been shown to be the work of a fraud, I fear for Vera's wellbeing.

[Chet Sowersby]

Holy mackrel! Does poor Vera still have a job at the runts establishment?

Chet

[Hoss]

Does anyone have a picture of the visor Ron kindly posted in the display case actually being worn by AH?
I found a picture of the other a similar visor in a publication printed 1933 or is it gents?,. am I the only one finding the provenance story confusing?

Eric

[Rick C]

CG does sum it up about a minute in on the video linked above: "I like to tell stories."

[mjfur]

Originally Posted by david_iu
Here you go:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fc63c...sc-_tLGjJjVcqA

You can also see Wolfe in it. So, I guess he is a mentor of CG really.

Interesting video. Even poor Vera makes an appearance. Now that the Mengele passport has been shown to be the work of a fraud, I fear for Vera's wellbeing.

How is he capable of making it through the entire video without a Segway?

[Hoss]

Two points:
The band on these visors doesn't look correct and according to Schutt ('81) this Lieber found these artifacts at the Braunhaus (Braunes Haus) which by '45 was a total ruin!!

Eric

[Erich B.]

If memory serves, Ben told me the GI found the shirts in Hitler's apartment rather than the Brown House. Hoss is correct that the Brown House was bombed out prior to the end of the war.
Erich

[Bob Hritz]

I had a chance to examine these and congratulate Craig on the purchase. They do belong to him and are for sale. The brown Shirt with decorations left me speechless.

Bob Hritz

[Hoss]

I had a chance to examine these and congratulate Craig on the purchase. They do belong to him and are for sale. The brown Shirt with decorations left me speechless.

Bob Hritz

Bob
Did you have a chance to measure the clothing especially the visor?

Eric

[BrianK]

It's a bit confusing - Is the sale price of $1,000,000 just for the visor cap? What about the tunic and all the other items?

[chen]

If Craig can locate a single buyer to purchase the whole grouping, that is excellent but we may never know how much is it.
About split-selling, Craig needs to work out who is interested in what first, then he also needs to work out the best combination of buyers due to if the most desirable item ,say, the peaked cap or BO, are sold too early too soon , what will be the effect on the rest of the grouping?
The educational guess of the peaked cap is $1M. Say Craig purchases all these AH items at $2M, then if the cap is sold at $1m alone, I would way Craig should be quite easy to recover $1m from the sale of the rests of the items( eg, BO, shirts..etc)
For anyone interested in any AH items, he can just tell Craig how much he is willing to pay( pre-register) for that particular item.

[alexanderautogr]

If Craig can locate a single buyer to purchase the whole grouping, that is excellent but we may never know how much is it.
About split-selling, Craig needs to work out who is interested in what first, then he also needs to work out the best combination of buyers due to if the most desirable item ,say, the peaked cap or BO, are sold too early too soon , what will be the effect on the rest of the grouping?
The educational guess of the peaked cap is $1M. Say Craig purchases all these AH items at $2M, then if the cap is sold at $1m alone, I would way Craig should be quite easy to recover $1m from the sale of the rests of the items( eg, BO, shirts..etc)
For anyone interested in any AH items, he can just tell Craig how much he is willing to pay( pre-register) for that particular item.

I disagree my friend. I think he might be buried in the lot. Steve Wolfe would not have parted with it for less than $1.5M and that will be hard to top.

[chen]

These are really the ultimate sets.

[WalterB]

I disagree my friend. I think he might be buried in the lot. Steve Wolfe would not have parted with it for less than $1.5M and that will be hard to top.

Not knowing the particulars of CG's finances, I would not be surprised if the set was on consignment from SW in order to try to "rehabilitate" CG's standing and reputation as a dealer in order to try to stem the damage of the recent debacles (including, without limitation, the loss of his choice tables at the SOS as a result of....Vera's supposed gross negligence).