The instrument arrived with two invoices and a farm label. Neither invoice describes the person who ultimately owned it. This is common enough with collections and unusually unhelpful with experimental equipment.
The farm acted as receiving custodian. A holding company paid the bill. The beneficial-owner schedule names the person behind that company. The distinction is not decorative. It determines whose private project the consignment served.
Use the ownership schedule, carrying the original file label from the discussion archive. A red felt hat appears at the edge of the old accession photograph. It is not part of the lot.
Notebook question: Who is named as the beneficial owner?
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Retained correspondence · Paperwork trail · Accession copy, not a new event