The chances that Goering paid a fair price are about as high as the chances of his sitting down to a Passover Seder.
Let’s look at the math. Before the depression, they purchased 82 items for 7.5 million RM.
They sold 40 pieces to various buyers for 2.5 million RM, leaving 42 pieces.
The depression hit.
Unable to find another buyer, they sold the remaining 42 pieces for 4.25 million RM.
So they ended up investing 7.5 million and sold it for 6.75 million, or a loss of 750,000 RM
On the other hand, their heirs now claim that the 42 pieces were worth between 10 and 11 million RM. Added to the 2.5 they got for earlier sales, then the total set would have been worth about 13 million RM, for which they paid the monarch only 7.5 million.
It’s clear that the real victim here is the Duke of Brunswick, and any restitution should be paid to him. His loss was 10 times that of the art dealers.
“the most important Medieval church treasure in Germany.”
Then award it to the Church.
The Jewish owners sold it for a fair price in the middle of the depression.
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