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Welcome to The E-Sylum: Volume 2, Number 27: July 4, 1999: an electronic publication of the Numismatic Bibliomania Society. SUBSCRIBER UPDATES This week's new subscribers are John Lorenzo and NBS members Stephen Searle, Craig N. Smith and Darryl A. Atchison of County Cork, Ireland. Welcome aboard! This brings our subscriber count to 172. ASYLUM UPDATE Editor Marilyn Reback informs us that the Summer 1999 issue (Vol. XVII, No. 2) was to be shipped from the printer to Michael Sullivan for arrival on Thursday, July 1. President Sullivan will handle the mailing while Secretary-Treasurer Dave Hirt is away in Europe. The contents of the issue include: President's Message by Mike Sullivan Letters to the Editor (Re: United States Treasury Specimen Books by Raphael Ellenbogen (The Asylum, vol. XVI, no.1, Winter 1998, pp. 12-18) New Members "News from the Net" by Pete Smith "The Printers Devil" (A.P. Wylie, Keeper of the Flame) by Joel J. Orosz "Between the Covers" (ephemera vs. junk) by Colonel Bill Murray "Book Review: The Soho Mint & the Industrialization of Money" (Author Richard Doty) by Carl C. Honore "Harry Bass vs. the Fuld Library" by George Fuld "More on Budis De Asse" by William Malkmus "The Development of the Coin Album, Part 4" (cont.) by David W. Lange "Research Aids: Catalogs, NBS Friends & Serendipity" by Ed Price OBITUARY: WAYNE ANDERSON Pete Smith provided the following information: "Wayne Anderson died June 30, 1999. He was 58. He is survived by his wife, two children and a grandchild with additional step-children and step-grandchildren. Wayne was known for founding the Conder Token Collectors Club. In his collection of tokens, he specialized in pieces that combined high rarity with high quality. He also collected U.S. and world coins, guns, knives, marbles and metal toys. Wayne appreciated quality in his collections and his library. I recall books that were dusty and faded that came back to life after Wayne cleaned them and oiled the covers. He was concerned with conservation of his books and the proper opening and handling of books to keep them in the finest condition." BIBLIOGRAPHY HELP SOUGHT Darryl A. Atchison writes: "I just finished looking at the E-Sylum web-site - very impressive, but I do have a few comments." He found the question of membership fee confusing, but I think I cleared this up for him - subscriptions to The E-Sylum are free to all, and independent of NBS membership. He would also "be interested in talking to people regarding publications I am looking for, questions I have regarding publications, and projects I am currently working on (including a new bibliography of Canadian numismatics - which has already been a five year project to date and the text currently stands at 314 pages and covers every field of Canadian numismatics, and I can foresee another three to five years to go yet). A bit like a jail term unfortunately. But as I keep hitting stumbling blocks, I try to correspond with individuals to assist me in overcoming various hurdles, including access to or reviews of various publications including auction catalogues. Post has proven to be both slow and unreliable. Some people just don't bother to respond at all. You know how it is. It seems to me that a list of names and email addresses would be beneficial to assist serious collectors and researchers, especially those not living in the continental U.S. who obviously can't attend A.N.A. conventions, etc. and have difficulty in contacting other N.B.S. members. I would be very interested in corresponding with you or other members of the N.B.S. who may have an interest in Canadian numismatics or the bibliography project, especially if there is a potential that I could possibly find answers to questions that will arise from time to time." I explained our policy against revealing subscriber names and email addresses without permission, but invited him to continue submitting questions for posting in upcoming issues of The E-Sylum. Those wishing to contact Mr. Atchison can reach him at cashs@iol.ie BIBLIOGRAPHY UPDATES Larry Mitchell has continued to update the NBS Numismatic Bibliography. In addition to updating the Byzantine section, the following Medieval Coinages sections of the bibliography are new: 62. SASANIAN 63. KUSHANA 64. GUPTA 65. INDIA The bibliography resides on the NBS web site: http://www.coinbooks.org/ Click on Bibliography. WEB SITE UPDATES The E-Sylum archive at the NBS web site has been brought up to date, and for those who do not subscribe to COIN WORLD, a copy of last week's article on The E-Sylum is now available on our web site at http://www.coinbooks.org/club_nbs_esylum_cw_article.html Thanks again to William Gibbs for writing the article and granting permission to reprint it. MONEY TREE SALE RESULTS Cataloguer David Sklow reports strong results for The Money Tree's 31st sale, which closed June 26th. The foreign and ancient literature from the Richard Buckley library attracted many bidders. Among the most active lots were the Mitchiner volumes on Oriental coins (lots 573-575), bringing $275, $226, and $226, respectively. The singlemost popular lot in the sale was the Kessler book on Fugio Cents, bringing $122 on a tantalizingly low estimate of $35. Other highlights included Clapp's United States Cents of the Years 1798-1799 (lot 817), $700; Roman Imperial Coins Vol V (lot 361), $480; The Canadian Numismatic Journal, vols 1-20 (lot 390) $375; and The TAMS Journal, vol 1-28, (lot 270), $474. MORE ON THE ASSAY BAR CONTROVERSY Having mentioned the brouhaha over Western Assay Bars appearing in the pages of COIN WORLD and elsewhere, I would be remiss in not noting the full-page advertisement by Stack's in the July 12, 1999 issue (p69), "An Open Challenge to Professor Theodore V. Buttrey," asking "Are the western assay bars real or fake? It would be helpful to the numismatic community if a debate were held at the August 1999 American Numismatic Association convention in Chicago, at which time each side may present their views." FEATURED WEB SITE Having written a cover article for The Numismatist on Money Artist J.S.G. Boggs (May 1994), I've continued to follow his career. This weeks' featured web page is an article from the July issue of The Atlantic Monthly reviewing a new book on Boggs by Lawrence Weschler. In an interesting turnabout, the cover illustration for the book is an engraving of Boggs by Thomas Hipschen, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing artist responsible for presidential portraits on the new $100, $50, and $20 notes. http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/99jul/9907moneyartist.htm Wayne Homren Numismatic Bibliomania Society The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. For more information please see our web site at http://www.coinbooks.org/ There is a membership application available on the web site. To join, print the application and return it with your check to the address printed on the application. For those without web access, contact Dave Hirt, NBS Secretary-Treasurer, 5911 Quinn Orchard Road, Frederick, MD 21701 (To be removed from this mailing list write to me at whomren@coinlibrary.com) |
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