Pieces of the Scaffold?

[Jim Garrett]

As far as the Napoleonic relic.........It was/is part of the Lattimer collection. The provenance on that item is rock solid. It was first brought to sale in 1969 by Norm Flayderman (just passed away last month or so. I believe he was 91). Norm was of the highest calibre. He was acknowledged as THE arms expert and was a consultant to museums all over the world including West Point and the Smithsonian. Norm acquired an estate collection including Napoleon's summer uniform, an original copy of his last will, his silverware, dining room linen service, death mask, his "member" and a ton of other stuff. My father was a friend of Norm's and we would stop by his home & business in New Milford Ct, when we would drive up to relatives every summer in Massachusetts. We went by to see him a month or so after he acquired the collection. He had it in his catalogue, but did not have it priced. He wanted to sell the collection intact. Unfortunately, when we got to Norm's, he had already sold it. The "member" then appeared in a Paris auction about 1975.

The Napoleon collection was gathered by the priest who served Napoleon on St. Helena and stayed in his family until 1927. It had only changed hands 2 times before Norm acquired it. To the best of my knowledge, it has never been photographed.