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<p>[QUOTE="Fid, post: 4269227, member: 7724"]JMHO.</p><p>there's 2 sides to every story. </p><p>in this case the European side and the US side.</p><p>Europe: after WWII there was a whole generation of art students working on these. sold by the famous bouquinistes especially in Paris but also in other cities by the Brocante dealers to GIs. in reality the whole business already started during the Spanish civil war when the churches, abbeys and universities etc. where robbed of the incunabiles and missals.</p><p>USA: Johnny went to war and was in Pareee and was told by Monsieur Jules that he had - exclusivement pour nos amis Americain !!! - real medieval prints safed from se Krauts and hidden in se vine-cellar of Monsieur Jules' old moffer...</p><p><br /></p><p>the truth - as always - will be somewhere in the middle (of nowhere...).</p><p>only specialists can decide after hands-on inspection what you have.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Fid, post: 4269227, member: 7724"]JMHO. there's 2 sides to every story. in this case the European side and the US side. Europe: after WWII there was a whole generation of art students working on these. sold by the famous bouquinistes especially in Paris but also in other cities by the Brocante dealers to GIs. in reality the whole business already started during the Spanish civil war when the churches, abbeys and universities etc. where robbed of the incunabiles and missals. USA: Johnny went to war and was in Pareee and was told by Monsieur Jules that he had - exclusivement pour nos amis Americain !!! - real medieval prints safed from se Krauts and hidden in se vine-cellar of Monsieur Jules' old moffer... the truth - as always - will be somewhere in the middle (of nowhere...). only specialists can decide after hands-on inspection what you have.[/QUOTE]
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