Help Wanted: Breguet watches owned by Thomas Engel
It may be 20 years since I lasted posted on WatchProSite but I am working on a project and thought maybe people much more expert than myself can assist a novice like me. Please note: I am not a scholar of any stripe so I am treading in unknown waters and ...
Thank you and here is partial answer with a wrinkle...
I have the German edition of the Thomas Engel autobiography so not knowing German I at first missed the below passage concerning the Christie's Part III sale but luckily I have some scanned pages from the English edition and until the last sentence it see...
I mean I'd be surprised if many people have been through a bibliography as extensive as that.
Kudos to you on the work done so far. I wish I knew how to help you progress with the outstanding queries! But I know a couple of people in the UK that I can enquire with. Regards, Baruch
Follow-up to my question # 1...
The original question number 1... 1. Christie's 1964-1965 Sir David Salomons sale: Edgar Mannheimer purchased all 20 lots from Part III of the sale (November 1965). Anecdotes suggest all 20 watches were purchased on the behalf of Thomas Engel (can this be...