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[Fenntucky Mike]

The collection of Lars Emil Bruun will be hitting the auction block soon, 100+ years after his death. Current estimates place the value of the 20,000 piece collection at 72MM, and @GoldFinger1969 thinks all the good material is already in slabs. 

Wonder if any, or how many, of the pieces will be going into TPG slabs?

Link to article HERE. 

EDIT:

Here's a link to the Stack's Bowers article. https://stacksbowers.com/sbpressreleases/stacks-bowers-galleries-selected-to-auction-the-l-e-bruun-collection/

Wow, that cabinet looks impressive. Wonder if they'll be auctioning that off as well? 

Edited May 15 by Fenntucky Mike

[RWB]

Fortunately, this was one of several large collections that survived the Nazi occupation. Records of the Tripartite Commission list several private collections that did not make it through intact.

[Henri Charriere]

On 5/15/2024 at 7:30 AM, Fenntucky Mike said:

Wow, that cabinet looks impressive. Wonder if they'll be auctioning that off as well? 

Auctioneer to top bidder:  "And the cabinet?  Would the gentleman be interested in placing a bid on this one-of-kind, custom cabinet?"

Top bidder:  "Certainly not!  Surely you must be familiar with the term 'cabinet friction'?"