Dear members, dear friends,
 
An auction that ended today offered several things of the estate of Count von Luckner.

A "ship in a bottle" (model of the Seeadler) already has been sold for 200.00 EUR, too much for our society. But now there were also two hats, documents, a suitcase, etc..

I did some research and found out, that these things are really originals.
 
We would like to buy such things, did not know at the moment how much the price would be. In most cases the price increases in the last minutes of such an auction. But it would be important for us to buy these things, otherwise they could be lost for us forever.
 
Do you have any idea how to get money (sponsors) to purchase such things for our museum? It might be a good idea to ask companies. In the future could publish pictures of our treasures in the web and name the sponsor.
 
Please let me know your ideas; wish us good luck in getting items like these in the future.
 
Best ever,
Matthias J. Maurer