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Goetz Cabinet finally on Terra Firma
cacheman
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The 6'8" door to the left of the cabinet gives you a good reference to the size of this thing. 76" tall X 38" wide, 102 drawers. I'm thinking my collection is only going to fill 35 of the drawers at this time....15 drawers for the WWI satirical series alone.
Still in good shape even though the original construction is from the late 1700's.
Still in good shape even though the original construction is from the late 1700's.
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<< <i>Really neat! Where did you find it? >>
Bought directly from Goetz Family in Munich.
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Freakin' insanely crazy great cabinet!!!
No doubt about it - that is freakin awsome!!! what a catch Scott.
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Maybe an AU-58?
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Conservators letter report reads as thus:
RE: Wooden Cupboard of German Origin
Measurements:Height: 76 3/4 inches
Depth: 19 3/4 inches
Width: 40 1/2 inches
The wooden cupboard is in two pieces with 102 sliding trays; the lower case having two doors on a raised base and the upper case having two doors, with molded panels in a frame. The entire surface of the cupboard is a painted "Faux bois" finish with graining done in an imitation of highly figured walnut. This coating disguises the fact that both cabinets are constructed in pine wood and veneered with another wood. The applied moldings of the upper case are cherrywood.
The construction techniques used in both cares are of traditional 18th century mortise and tenon technique with dovetail joinery. The lower case has nails that are late 18th or early 20th century manufactured and appears to be original to its construction. The upper case has wooden pegs used to hold boards in place. The sliding trays were used to contain bronze art medallions and plaster casts. The flat surface of all the trays had been covered with different fabrics to cushion the art work. The trays had the dirty fabric removed and then vacuumed.The fabric is to be returned to the owner.
In my estimation, the upper case is of 18th century German origin and the lower case of late 19th century origin. These two cases were paired together at that time and given the faux bois graining in imitation of walnut.
Treatment of the cupboard consisted of examination for structural integrity which is intact and damage to the finish. The finish has sustained numerous scratches and abrasions resulting in some loss to the paint coat. Also, the case was quite dirty. As a result, the cupboard was cleaned and touched up the paint losses only in the most glaring places with removable paints. The cupboard was subsequently waxed and polished before personal delivery to the owner.
The drawers are made from quarter-sawn oak and framed in cherry. This wood is 100-225 years old...long past the time to worry about outgassing from the wood. When Goetz was using it he had the drawers lined in a beige velvet. Since it has been sitting in humid conditions since at least the mid-80's, the material has become filthy and musty. I am relining the drawers with archival, black velvet.
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I'll echo other members remarks and say it couldn't have ended up in better hands.
Awesome find and I hope you have many happy years with what is truly such an important piece.
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Hus
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Once this project is done, I will start cataloging and photographing Goetz's engraving tools and letter punches that I bought at the same time with this cabinet.
One more note, I just received back the Award Certificate Goetz won posthumously from the "Il Exposicion Nacional De Numismatica E Internacional DeMedallas. Madrid - 1951, 18 Noviembre - 2 Ocrubre". He won the silver medal but never saw this award. I purchased the certificate along with the cabinet and immediately sent it to Joel Oppenheimer in Chicago for restoration and conservation. The certificate looks like new now and adds some authority to my ever growing Goetz ephemra collection. I'll try to get this imaged for all to see if there is interest.
That's all for now...S
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And didn't you use to collect Morgans or something?
BTW, I don't follow the magazines/journals, have you thought about writing articles for the different numismatic publications to get awareness out in advance of your cataloging project? This story of the cabinet and reassembling so many pieces of his working environment would be fit for the press, I'd imagine. 'Course it'd bring more competition to the hunt too, though.
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I hate to admit it, but yes...for a very short time out of ignorance/newbyism. I then changed to Crown-sized coins both British and German...then switched to Cityview Talers.
I saw the "Black Shame" medal in a German coin reference book advertisement which led me to Karl Goetz...I finally found my collecting strategy niche. Mostly Goetz but I still have a small, but respectable, Ludwig Gies collection that slowly continues to grow too.
I've got to eventually write something but now the push is focused on web site content for my full-fledged website which has been under development for two years. When you've got a thousand or so pages to write/populate, debugging, images, etc., etc., it takes more time then I had imagined. Perhaps the first newsletter from the site should contain the info about the entire collection, even though I have multiple galleries which will illustrate it already developed and populated.
Increasing the competition isn't a problem...a few more serious and strong-willed collectors would only increase the value of my collection . In fact, that is one of the reasons I am building the web site, to expose people to most everything known about Goetz and perhaps get them interested in collecting his work. My focus isn't wholly on the nedals offered in the open market as Goetz as it is finding the derivative designs and medals by him that haven't been attibuted to him as yet. He actually did a lot of stuff most people aren't aware of and I am mostly focusing on that for now....new collectors wouldn't affect my work.
Now, if only I could magically wake up one morning and find that I could both speak and comprehend the German language....I would be a happy man.
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First class collection leaves so much to be said.
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K80 The Spring, 1900, Cast Bronze, Uniface, 230mm. RRR
From Goetz's Paris Period.
Only two were cast
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and that really ain't no jiva!
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