The Mystery of the 'Nazi Holy Grail'

Spiegel Magazine ^ | Sven Röbel

[wildbill]

That made sense to Svetlana K. and her business partner Vladimir T.???????

Just goes to show there’s a moron born every minute, even in Kzakhistan.

[Quix]

I don’t think it’s the real thing.

It looks Celtic . . . whatever that means.

But what does anyone really know.

I’m far from an expert on the topic.

Thx.

[nw_arizona_granny]

Thanks.

With your art work, I thought you would have ideas and I see they are about the same as my own.

[nw_arizona_granny]

Thank you for the link, interesting.

[Calpernia]

Stories posted here at FR on the Odyssey are keyworded OMR (that is the stock ticker)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=omr

[Caramelgal]

Svetlana K.; Vladimir T.; Jens E.; Thorsten K.

Why all the anonymity?

It must have been the “curse”. After laying eyes on it, they all became heavy drinkers and now go to AA meetings.

I think the term “Holy Grail” in the title and article is a bit misleading.

The term "holy grail" is metaphor for something valuable and long lost and even unattainable but of such importance and so powerful, that many are compelled to search for it regardless of the effort or the price or futility of the endeavor.

Sort of like the “Rosetta Stone” has become a metaphor for the key to understanding. Too bad Svetlana K. and Vladimir T. weren't in possession of the Rosetta Stone of how to smell a scam.

But I don’t get from the article that the sellers really tried to pass it off as “THE HOLY GRAIL” but they might have let the gullible (or perhaps drunken) buyers read into what they wanted to believe. I find the Nazi connection equally as dubious. I bet if you look real hard you’ll find a stamp – “Made in Mexico”.

If you offered to sell me “The Holy Grail” for a measly few million, saying “it was found in a lake in Bavaria and BTW, it looks like a cereal bowl with a vaguely Celtic design”, I’d probably pass, but only because of some temporary cash flow problems.

But I would tell you about my very good friend, pen pal and interested buyer from Nigeria. You’ve heard of him, he’s the former finance minister of the recently deposed king, and he wants to make some investments while in exile and sitting on all that cold hard cash.

I would give you his email address, as you would need to give him your bank account and routing numbers so he could wire the funds directly into your account, but he is a very private person and in fear of his life….. better yet, I’d offer that you could give me that information which I’d gladly pass on to him, acting as an intermediary for a “small upfront commission”.

[Quix]

Thanks thanks.

My artwork is not all that . . . scholarly in terms of art history. Have paid some attention to it but not very studioiusly.

I can go into a museum or art gallery and like maybe 1-3 pieces out of several hundred. Or at most 3-10% of the pieces. I think the Vatican scored the highest, with me, for some reason.

[Quix]

And, I like a lot of Scandanavian styles.

[ryan71]

Big deal. They’re $6.99 at Big Lots.

[tang-soo]

An African or European sparrow?

[SunkenCiv]

Hey, that Nigerian guy really helped me out, that’s why I no longer play the lottery. ;’)

[nw_arizona_granny]

And, I like a lot of Scandanavian styles.<<<

Maybe for me, it is the Oriental and American Indian ....

[nw_arizona_granny]

I will check it out.

Good that you are so organized and can find things, when you want them.

Thanks.

[mamelukesabre]

ONe of?

I thought there was only one?

[mamelukesabre]

He must’ve meant “breton”

[Quix]

I like some Native stuff and Chinese and Japanese stuff.

But I won’t tolerate spirit guide stuff, gods and idols stuff etc.

[nw_arizona_granny]

But I won’t tolerate spirit guide stuff, gods and idols stuff etc.<<<

No, the above would not interest me, as the gold nazi bowl did not raise any excitement for me.

The objects of life and patterns, for the beauty of them, I enjoy.

[Quix]

Agreed.

[JamesP81]

I thought there was only one?

Nope.

"Children, it is the last hour; and just as you heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have appeared; from this we know that it is the last hour." 1 John 2:18

[dfwgator]

"Nazis. I hate these guys."