Thanks beyond limits, Jim!!! (given this is anything nearing

correct American English
I too missed all of you, plus the forum as my main universe - believe me!
And: yeah, it sure takes a lot of financial sacrifices to literally trace down a really exceptional piece over continents and a coupla weeks, just to carry it home at last.
My friend Ottmar is not rich so he will have to rid himself of some 17th c. items in order to be able and keep those earliest pieces! It's just been sorta my collecting concept for some 30 years anyway ...
Best,
Michael