The E-Sylum:  Volume 6, Number 26, June 29, 2003, Article 12

CATALOG SOUGHT FOR GOETZ RESEARCH

  Greg Burns writes: "I've been researching the Lusitania Medal
  by Karl Goetz along with its varieties for about nine months
  now. I've purchased quite a number of different books (a
  couple dozen or more) on the Lusitania, German WWI medals,
  Kienast's book, and related biblioboobia, seeking insights into
  manufacturing methods, social forces at work, significant
  personalities, political issues, etc.   In conversation with Steve
  Pellegrini (another E-Sylum subscriber) he passed along that
  Karl Goetz' estate was virtually completely disposed of after
  the death of his son and heir, Guido Goetz in 1994, and that
  the entire lot of Karl Goetz material was MacNoodled out
  from under all the bidders by a high dollar force who ponied
  up their combined bids plus another 10% (so the story goes).

  I was hoping to get a copy of the May 1994 Dieter Gorney
  Auction Catalog catalog so I could see what types of items
  were passed along from his cabinet and estate (papers, models,
  other tools and materials of manufacture, etc.) I've met a local
  gentleman who apparently has a set of the dies used by Karl
  Goetz for one of his medals, and I was also interested to see
  if these had been included in the listing.  I suppose I'm just
  trying to put together a picture and I'm seeking a piece here,
  a piece there, and so forth. I've put up the skeleton of a
  website in preparation for writing a monograph or book on
  the Lusitania Medals and Its Varieties
  (see http://www.LusitaniaMedal.com).   I'm not really sure
  what format the final output will take, perhaps an extended
  article (a series maybe), or perhaps a smallish booklet
  (format of 5.5" X 8.5"; maybe 60-100 pages)."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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