German pointe shoes by G.Martin

Recently I came across a pair of black pointes on eBay Germany which I fell in love with but sadly the vendor didn't trade internationally.  Aren't they just gorgeous?  Love that tapered toe!  I don't know how old they are but they look vintage to me (and I'm such an expert).
Not being able to buy them broke my heart.  But perhaps you were the fortunate person who bought them.
They were listed as made in West Germany by G.Martin Ballettschuhe 6051 Waldacker. 
This is marked on the inner sole (the original pics on eBay were clearer). The markings on the leather sole include a logo made up of a pointe shoe inside a square/rectangle. This looks almost identical to the pointe shoe logo of K.H.Martin so was it a forerunner? According to the K.H.Martin website they began manufacturing pointe shoes in 1964, but no mention of a G.Martin. However Waldacker is in Rödermark  which is where K.H.Martin started up.

K.H.Martin has a history of naming shoes after family members so perhaps Mrs Martin was involved or another family member whose name began with G!
The size was listed as Gr.40 with a leathersole and

since my german language skills are right up there with my pointe shoe technical knowledge here's what Google translate came up with from the listing.

"from estate:
Hardly used ballet shoes pointe shoes

just inside the foam pad are from the long lie in the shoe gebröselt".

...which is less than helpful.  However further translation indicates that 'gebröselt' means crumbled. So I suspect it means the foam toe pads which you can see in the second photo have crumbled from lying inside the shoe for so long. (This might lend some weight to my idea that they are vintage whatever that means now.)

In case any of you speak German here is the original detail from eBay Germany:
"aus Nachlass:
Ballettschuhe Spitzenschuhe kaum benutzt
nur innen sind vom langen liegen in dem Schuh das Schaumstoffpolster gebröselt"

I could write to the company but given my German skills I thought I'd ask if any one out there has any information on the company to please leave a comment.

Do you collect pointe shoes?

I figure there must be a quite a few pointe shoe collectors around the world and probably not all of us are dancers.
I wouldn't call what I have a collection really as I've just bought some used and new pairs to explore and use in my art.  
And there is no way I could afford to buy all the brands and styles out there nor do I have the space for them. 
I think it's sad that because pointes have been seen as a disposable item there are precious few vintage or historical shoes about.  They served their purpose and then typically were discarded. Dancers may have kept some for sentimental reasons but most eventually were tossed.
And I suppose it's only now with access to the internet that we can share the vast amount of information about the many brands and styles that exist. Before the world wide web it was a few lines in the dictionary and if you were lucky you might have access to a dance shop that sold pointes.
I found a couple of videos on YouTube of pointe shoe collections. But not nearly enough to feed my addiction.
I've had more luck in finding pointe shoe blogs. 
I particularly love pointeshoebrands.wordpress.com! 
If you want lots of info on particular brands all in one place I'd have to say that's the blog!  I've been reading my way through it for weeks. The blogger is a dancer and obviously knows her stuff. 
It's wonderful reading her insights into different brands and styles.  So far she has found 61 companies which make or have made pointe shoes around the world. 
Since I'm not a dancer and have no technical knowledge on the topic it's wonderful to read blogs like 'pointeshoebrands'.
Anyway if you collect pointe shoes or just are just obsessed like me, please let me know what fascinates you. 
Do you have a favourite brand? Style? Colour?