Mark,
The Halper collection was so extensive that I'm sure that there are probably many pieces that weren't what they appeared to be. I can think of another as I post this.
Regarding the provenance statement I was thinking that SGC took the past ownership of the cabinet into consideration when they slabbed it.
Personally, I couldn't make a definite determination of whether or not that is Radbourn in the cabinet. I'm going to guess that the ears and nose may not look the same because of the different angles from which the photos were taken.
It'd be difficult to have someone convince me that it wasn't Radbourn. I guess unless someone can come up with better provenance we'll never know for sure. Who knows, maybe Halper picked this up from a Radbourn family member or from someone that knew Radbourn personally. That would be a greater form of provenance but we'll probably never know. For now it'll live on in a debate in cyberspace.
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