Guess who wrote me an email today?

cacheman

I received a wonderful email, to be followed up by snail mail, from Gunter Kienast. As many of you know, or don't know, Mr. Kienast is the author of the only two reference books regarding Karl Goetz medals. Mr. Kienast is 80 years old now and he is very gracious and cordial.

I had written to him in hopes that I could do an oral history with him regarding his visits to Germany, and Guido Goetz, Karl's son. All of this information is to eventually be placed on my website, www.KarlGoetz.com. Perhaps my largest request to him was to ask if I could digitally recreate his reference books on the website with updated images and information as it becomes available from other researchers. I was shocked to see that he granted me the rights to do so...do you know what this means for the web site.... For the collector and information sharing for Goetz collecting in general? A digital refence site will assist many collectors throughout the world! I am in awe that he was so gracious to immediately give me permission!

As a tidbit for the site, Mr. Kienast will be sending me information never published regarding five of Goetz's medals. He wants this information to be used as enticement for collectors to visit the site!!

Now I have my work cut out for me in the creation of a viable and informative website.

coinkat

wow... Have fun with such a worthwhile project. Congratulations and good luck with everything.

cosmicdebris

That is way cool!!!!!!!!

JohnZ

Wow! That's an impressive project Cacheman. I share your love of research, and I know how exciting something like this can be.

Can't wait to see the site!

elverno

Congrats Scott! A very impressive addition to an already impressive site. Tres cool dude...

laurentyvan

It's like a touch on the shoulder from your own private God, granting a desire.

What an opportunity! I hope you will use this forum as something of a sounding board for this significant work-to-be and work in progress.

spoon

That's really awesome!!


You know there's a bunch of us computer geek types here if you ever need help builing the site

oldshep

He couldn't have placed this opportunity in more competent hands. Good work Scott - I can hardly wait for this project to be completed.
Shep

vrtech99

Wow Cacheman!!!!!! That's great!!!!!!! Congrats....What an honor!!!!!!!!!!

Lloyd

Mrs Roberts is very impressed - she thought we were just a bunch of miserable, disfunctional deadbeats, with little cause for existence. She is of course partially correct.....

Clankeye

That is outstanding, Cacheman!

I really don't know what else to say. What a score. What good work on your part.

Clankeye

SYRACUSIAN

Well done. This website sounds like a full time job now.

satootoko

<< <i>Well done. >>

Absolutely!

oreville

Cool!

MacCrimmon

Maybe you'll now be known as Guido Cacheman!

Congrats!

1jester

Amazing opportunity! Great job and congratulations. Do you know if Mr. Kienast visits the Darkside?

cacheman

as stated in his email " I have been completely out of touch with the medal world and market for decades now, and must admit, it does not hold the power over me now it once did." so in a nutshell, no, he doesn't visit the Darkside. I need to have further discussions with him to enable me to design the website. As many of you who have websites know, you can't blindly just begin throwing together a web site without a plan. I do know that I could at least begin transcribing the books to a digital word document as a start. This isn't going to be an overnight project.....

cosmicdebris

I was wondering, is his permission enough? Do you not also need the publisher's permission also to copy the book?

cacheman

It appears that the original publisher is no longer in existence...I will, however, ask Mr. Kienast about it when I reply to his email. Thanks, S