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<p>[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 8285995, member: 26430"]Donna, thanks for sharing that coinsweekly article, I hadn't seen it, but it's now in my biblio notes file!</p><p><br /></p><p><b>EDIT: I've edited/moved the erroneous paragraphs about Kress being the one captured by the MFAA to the end with additional comments. Thanks to [USER=96898]@Orielensis[/USER] for pointing it out! (See comments below.)</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Re: Karl Kress (1892–1969) and Otto Helbing...</p><p><br /></p><p>Although he is considered a "red flag" seller (meaning you should show caution with provenances from certain periods, since he sold coins looted from Jewish and other collections/businesses), I wouldn't worry much about yours, given the late date and that it also appeared in later catalogs, meaning those hunting for looted items would've had opportunity to recognize and catalog its publication. (I tried to check up on <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7877350" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7877350" rel="nofollow">my Side Pomegranate AR Stater</a> that appeared in a 1961 catalog, and later in Atlan's book, but it's actually not that easy to check looted artifacts oneself.)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Here are a few notes copied from my biblio notes file:</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Karl Kress is considered a “Red Flag Name” for looted art in a work’s provenance history according to <i>The Central Registry of Information on Looted Cultural Property, 1933-1945</i> (noted on the Central Registry <a href="https://www.lootedart.com/MVI3RM469661_print;Y" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.lootedart.com/MVI3RM469661_print;Y" rel="nofollow">website here</a>; only a small number of numismatic objects are noted in the <a href="https://www.lootedart.com/search2.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.lootedart.com/search2.php" rel="nofollow">online database</a> and those in the German Lost Art Database are not generally detailed enough to known in detail [e.g., “Collection of 500 Greek Coins”] at <a href="https://www.lostart.de/Webs/EN/Datenbank/Suche/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.lostart.de/Webs/EN/Datenbank/Suche/" rel="nofollow">https://www.lostart.de/Webs/EN/Datenbank/Suche/</a>; the Art Loss Register charges $95 per search at <a href="https://www.artloss.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.artloss.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.artloss.com/</a>).</p><p><br /></p><p>His role is <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5249427" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5249427" rel="nofollow">understated by BCD in his library duplicate sales (Jacquier 44 [13 Sept 2018], 2632)</a>:</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p>“A note from BCD: Karl Kress took over from Otto Helbing before WWII and continued offering plentiful collector material up to the mid 80's. ”</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>John Spring only indexes a few of Kress's catalogs (your coin's auction is <i>Spring 400</i>), but suggests that Kress continued using the name Otto Helbing Nachf. and numbering the catalogs in the same series all the way to the end, with sale 191 on 2 May 1986! (Though it was run by Kress' wife after his death in 1969.)</p><p><br /></p><p>(I had forgotten the G. Hirsch connection. John Spring [2009, <i>Ancient Coin Auction Catalogs: 1880-1980</i>] says Gerhard Hirsch, son of Heinrich Hirsch who was senior partner at Helbing in 1939 when Nazis took over, started a new business in 1953, the one that continues today. So perhaps the German government gave him restitution and some property back?)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>EDITED PORTIONS:</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>It appears that Karl Kress (1892-1969) was <i><b>not</b></i> the same one captured by the Allies, as Kolbe & Fanning (<a href="https://bid.numislit.com/auctions/1-4Y3Z7I/the-mark-lottie-salton-numismatic-library-sale-161" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://bid.numislit.com/auctions/1-4Y3Z7I/the-mark-lottie-salton-numismatic-library-sale-161" rel="nofollow">The Mark & Lottie Salton Numismatic Library - Sale 161</a> [18 Sep 2021], <a href="https://bid.numislit.com/lots/view/1-4Y41NE/helbing-sales-featuring-ancient-coins" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://bid.numislit.com/lots/view/1-4Y41NE/helbing-sales-featuring-ancient-coins" rel="nofollow">Lot 346</a>) erroneously suggested:</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p>“Karl Kress, who was personally involved in the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg, a Nazi Party organization tasked with the disposition of property stolen from Jews and other victims of the Nazi regime. Kress was taken as a prisoner of war and investigated for war crimes by the U.S. Army Office of Strategic Services' Art Looting Investigation Unit.”</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>There is a Karl Kress referenced in the National Archives (“<a href="https://catalog.archives.gov/id/34812242" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://catalog.archives.gov/id/34812242" rel="nofollow">Kress, Karl: Detailed Investigation Report (DIR) No. 10</a>” & blog, <a href="https://text-message.blogs.archives.gov/2014/08/21/karl-kress/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://text-message.blogs.archives.gov/2014/08/21/karl-kress/" rel="nofollow">“The Text Message,” 21 Aug 2014</a>).</p><p><br /></p><p>However, it appears that Karl Kress was born in 1900. I'm assuming for now that K&F were mistaken, but plan to email and see if they want to share anything else.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 8285995, member: 26430"]Donna, thanks for sharing that coinsweekly article, I hadn't seen it, but it's now in my biblio notes file! [B]EDIT: I've edited/moved the erroneous paragraphs about Kress being the one captured by the MFAA to the end with additional comments. Thanks to [USER=96898]@Orielensis[/USER] for pointing it out! (See comments below.)[/B] Re: Karl Kress (1892–1969) and Otto Helbing... Although he is considered a "red flag" seller (meaning you should show caution with provenances from certain periods, since he sold coins looted from Jewish and other collections/businesses), I wouldn't worry much about yours, given the late date and that it also appeared in later catalogs, meaning those hunting for looted items would've had opportunity to recognize and catalog its publication. (I tried to check up on [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7877350']my Side Pomegranate AR Stater[/URL] that appeared in a 1961 catalog, and later in Atlan's book, but it's actually not that easy to check looted artifacts oneself.) [B]Here are a few notes copied from my biblio notes file:[/B] Karl Kress is considered a “Red Flag Name” for looted art in a work’s provenance history according to [I]The Central Registry of Information on Looted Cultural Property, 1933-1945[/I] (noted on the Central Registry [URL='https://www.lootedart.com/MVI3RM469661_print;Y']website here[/URL]; only a small number of numismatic objects are noted in the [URL='https://www.lootedart.com/search2.php']online database[/URL] and those in the German Lost Art Database are not generally detailed enough to known in detail [e.g., “Collection of 500 Greek Coins”] at [URL]https://www.lostart.de/Webs/EN/Datenbank/Suche/[/URL]; the Art Loss Register charges $95 per search at [URL]https://www.artloss.com/[/URL]). His role is [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5249427']understated by BCD in his library duplicate sales (Jacquier 44 [13 Sept 2018], 2632)[/URL]: [INDENT]“A note from BCD: Karl Kress took over from Otto Helbing before WWII and continued offering plentiful collector material up to the mid 80's. ”[/INDENT] John Spring only indexes a few of Kress's catalogs (your coin's auction is [I]Spring 400[/I]), but suggests that Kress continued using the name Otto Helbing Nachf. and numbering the catalogs in the same series all the way to the end, with sale 191 on 2 May 1986! (Though it was run by Kress' wife after his death in 1969.) (I had forgotten the G. Hirsch connection. John Spring [2009, [I]Ancient Coin Auction Catalogs: 1880-1980[/I]] says Gerhard Hirsch, son of Heinrich Hirsch who was senior partner at Helbing in 1939 when Nazis took over, started a new business in 1953, the one that continues today. So perhaps the German government gave him restitution and some property back?) [B]EDITED PORTIONS: [/B] It appears that Karl Kress (1892-1969) was [I][B]not[/B][/I] the same one captured by the Allies, as Kolbe & Fanning ([URL='https://bid.numislit.com/auctions/1-4Y3Z7I/the-mark-lottie-salton-numismatic-library-sale-161']The Mark & Lottie Salton Numismatic Library - Sale 161[/URL] [18 Sep 2021], [URL='https://bid.numislit.com/lots/view/1-4Y41NE/helbing-sales-featuring-ancient-coins']Lot 346[/URL]) erroneously suggested: [INDENT]“Karl Kress, who was personally involved in the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg, a Nazi Party organization tasked with the disposition of property stolen from Jews and other victims of the Nazi regime. Kress was taken as a prisoner of war and investigated for war crimes by the U.S. Army Office of Strategic Services' Art Looting Investigation Unit.”[/INDENT] There is a Karl Kress referenced in the National Archives (“[URL='https://catalog.archives.gov/id/34812242']Kress, Karl: Detailed Investigation Report (DIR) No. 10[/URL]” & blog, [URL='https://text-message.blogs.archives.gov/2014/08/21/karl-kress/']“The Text Message,” 21 Aug 2014[/URL]). However, it appears that Karl Kress was born in 1900. I'm assuming for now that K&F were mistaken, but plan to email and see if they want to share anything else.[/QUOTE]
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