Notes:

"Expert X valued at $600,000 to $900,000. Appreciation potential. . . . Beare noted that it looks to be good and that $900,000 is close to value. . . . Crane noted that value is dependent on provenance. Crane valued at $900,000 to $950,000."

New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Report of the Trustee Review Panel concerning the Golden Age Collection, December 16, 2004

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"Meanwhile Hitler's Four-Year Plan, an expensive programme of national reconstruction and rearmament, made him thirsty for revenue and in April 1938 he issued a decree that required all citizens of whatever racial origin to declare foreign assets . . .The form that was sent out ot the Jewish population at the beginning of May was an extended version of that which went to the Aryan population and demanded that every Jew provide details of all his or her assets, including those held within the Reich -- pictures, plates, bank credit, buildings, business, photographs and so on. . .

Paul's declaration claims an income of 57,700 Reichsmarks in the year April 1938, and assets of 4,368,625 RM. The form makes interesting reading as it offers a glimpse into his private financial affairs. . .among his possessions were to be found . . . A Stradivari violin of 1716 valued at 30,000 RM and a viola by Antonius and Hieronymus Amati at 10,000 RM. . ."

The House of Wittgenstein: A Family At War, Alexander Waugh, The House of Wittgenstein: A Family At War, London

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"With the connivance of Dr Heinz Fischer, a Swiss concert promoter, a German string quartet was invited to play in Zurich, bringing Paul's precious instruments from Vienna -- two violins, one by Stradivari, one by Guadagnini, a viola by Amati and a Rugieri cello. Nobody would notice, as they crossed the border at Haslach, that the instruments in their cases were not theirs. Nor would they spot when the musicians returned to the Reich with cheaper models under their arms than those with which they had left. Dr Fischer's and the musicians' payment for this risky undertaking is not known, nor is the fate of the two violins (perhaps the instruments were themselves the smugglers' reward),but in October 1938 Paul took the viola and cello to the Swiss violin maker Stübiger, who valued them at 18,000 Swiss francs each. A quick sale brought him [Paul] temporary financial relief."

The House of Wittgenstein: A Family At War, Alexander Waugh, The House of Wittgenstein: A Family At War, London