That's a great piece of history you've bought my friend, and with a lovely Patina too
That's a great piece of history you've bought my friend, and with a lovely Patina too
Circumstances of discovery: the bust was found about 5 years ago in the south of Bavaria during dredging work at a highway construction site in the slope area. It was a surface finding.
The finder did not see the bust before dredging and unfortunately damaged it a little with his shovel.
When he then noticed the head from his driver's stand, his first thought was: a part of a corpse!
Inside the plate on the bottom side of the bust, one of the two stud bolts with which the head was screwed to a granite base, is still in place.
To show the imposing size of the bust, on the last picture I put a size 64 steel helmet to the busts head.
The bust shows an interesting Patina which it had developed during almost 70 years outdoors.
Thanks mate
He will sit next to the 5 other similar size examples
I could have purchased quite a few of these busts over the years, but they were not my area to enjoy.
Yes, I'm regretting it now.
Although I do have this "little one", to help me regain my composure..
I'm always looking for such damaged ones mate
Don't be embarrassed if you have a small 1 lol
It's a nice bust
Zoll ??
Yes, there's nothing wrong with having a small one..
Mine's a Linz.
I have the larger bronze model
Very nice indeed..
Thanks mate, nice to have presentation plaque on him
But minters, don't really float my boat lol
Helene Von Beckerath
Back up for Auction soon in London
Dix Noonan Webb - Upcoming Auctions & 67 Past Catalogs
Similar Threads
Bookmarks