Don, thats the problem, no information, instead
"known to have come from..." and for me, thats not even close to nearly half way good enough, not for 2K a pop.
I dont collect them though, and will never purchase one, so i couldn't give a monkeys
What i can do though, is show you a few of the very highest names in the game, with the same stories..
Known to have come from..
directly from...etc.... (and its all B.S) .. and when info is lacking, as it is with these, and all you have is the
"known to have come from.." then .. well Have Fun
The "known to have come from.." tales started in 1945, and if you had 20,50 or 100 Copies, then you could compare the dot pattern and see if any similarities can be found between the "
known to have come froms..." and the Known to be bad badges. Without
extensive research into these, no conclusion can be reached, and certainly not based on a "
known to have come from.." tale.
People who actually OWN one, will feel differently though, as its money invested..so the known to have come from will be good enough for them. I have stumbled on too many things in the past, and uncovered
known to have come froms and exposed them as fakes later on..and visa versa, proved "
known to be fakes" as 100% original... even now in 2012 the battle continues..
so i see the only way forward with these in
extensive research, and not in stories or what someone says or what a few people own. (thats called Bullying, and we see it all the time with the dagger gurus, slapping the TRUTH on the market and forcing the collectors to swallow their Shxx just coz they all own the same piece..or the HJ-olympic daggers, Special
DJ dagger... etc..) It will never happen though, which is why i will never touch one of these, be they brown, mauve, beige or a nice shade of Hollunder
Let those who own one rip each others ears off with these, and reach their own conclusions... thats why they sell sooooo well, all the time