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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 8286086, member: 26430&quot;]Thank you for brining that up -- it is a good question and definitely worth following up on. I had wondered about that for some time, since the U.S. report does not mention his involvement, so for a long time I figured they were two different people. Seeing him identified as the same Karl Kress by Kolbe &amp; Fanning (and I think others, though I&#039;ll need to double-check) in the Salton Library Sale was what gave me confidence it was the same person. </p><p><br /></p><p>Generally I trust them as a source of history of numismatics (especially in this case, since I suspected the information might have been part of Mark Salton-Schlessinger&#039;s documentation, who was exceedingly closely involved in the investigation of looted coins under the Nazi regime). But perhaps that information did not come from Salton, and perhaps Kolbe and Fanning were confusing two individuals for one, or perhaps they were perpetuating an error from a prior source.</p><p><br /></p><p>Biographically, I didn&#039;t think there was anything mutually inconsistent in the biographies -- a numismatic catalog publisher and a museum photographer are at least occupations with overlapping skills (especially at that time), and the coin firm may not have been terribly active during the war years, so one might expect he would be engaged in another profession. But, as you say, it is a common name so it is important to narrow it down. (Especially if, as your linked post indicates, Kress himself was punished for trying to help Heinrich.)</p><p><br /></p><p>For now, I&#039;m about to edit it in a note regarding this issue, pointing also to your comment, and update as I check sources.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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