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snagy

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Re: "(Schöne) Erstgüsse"
« Reply #3 on: June 09, 2015, 01:28:37 AM »
Thank you for the information Alexander.
Mit freundlichen Grüssen-
sandor

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Re: "(Schöne) Erstgüsse"
« Reply #2 on: June 09, 2015, 12:56:41 AM »



Dear Snagy,


well there are sometimes big differences between the todays castings and the "original" ones shortly after creation.


A mould may produce good castings for decades if not mishandled. But there has been some mishandling during certain periods. First after WW I and to some degree again after or during WW II.


And finally the effect is most striking with the moulds which have been casted most : i.e. those of Napoleonic era. If you have the chance to buy some HIZ casts of the early Kieler GmbH engraved by Ludwig Frank  it is truly astounding to compare those with later casts. So if you are either a collector of unpainted flats or an ambitious painter it is not a bad idea to look out for "schöne Erstgüsse".


But it is less important for Ancients and other era flats which have presumably never been casted in high numbers.



snagy

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"(Schöne) Erstgüsse"
« Reply #1 on: June 08, 2015, 10:57:04 PM »
Friends,
I met sometimes on eBay with the characterizing of auctioned flatfigures as "(Schöne) Erstgüsse",
I can imagine that it means something that the figures were made with new gravoured tool-set, very early in the lifecycle of the mouldings.
However I would be curious what it exactly means, whether it is marked somehow on the figure and whether its collector value is higher as the standard sets?
Thank you.
Best regards-
sandor