The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 35, August 14, 2005, Article 12

WHO ARE WE HIDING FROM?

Dick Johnson writes: "I ordered a book from a collector
whose address was a nearby town here in Connecticut.
Could I, I requested of the seller, visit him to pick up the
book and view other numismatic items he might have for sale?
Sure, he said, but the books are in another state. He was
using a false address!

Reminds me of the time when we conducted the official
auction for the New England Numismatic Association annual
convention. Of course, we wanted to mail an auction catalog
to each NENA member. Sorry, they would not turn over the
mailing list to us. We had to put the catalogs in and postage
on blank envelopes and ship these to the secretary who put
on the address labels.

Why are New Englanders terrified someone might find where
they live? Maybe it was these same New Englanders who
influenced the ANA. I see the ANA board just declined for
the umpteenth time not to publish an ANA roster."

[Why a bookseller would want to hide is hard to fathom,
but any coin collector who's ever been robbed has a good
reason to keep their address confidential. No one who's
ever been in this situation, or knows someone who has,
wants to risk it. Sure, there are plenty of other ways
crooks can locate their marks. But why make it easy?
-Editor]

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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