As a last resort, the museum considered selling its most valuable object, the Gutenberg Bible, to resolve its financial crisis in the 1920s.
Sources
- Thementag „Provenienz und Herkunft“ (blog.dnb.de)
- https://degruyter.com/view/journals/bfup/41/2/article-p202.xml?language=de (degruyter.com)
- https://d-nb.info/1270547011/34 (d-nb.info)
- https://bassenge.com/kataloge/120/ML?page=14&limit=50&view=list (bassenge.com)
- https://ausstellungen.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/kuenstlerspende (ausstellungen.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de)
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