Welcome to The E-Sylum: Volume 2, Number 42:  October 17, 1999: 
an electronic publication of the Numismatic Bibliomania Society. 
   

SUBSCRIBER UPDATES  

   New subscribers this week are Victoria Stone Moledor of 
   COIN WORLD,  and Gene of GLR Coins.  This brings our 
   subscriber count to 245.   Welcome aboard! 
   

VIGNETTE BOOK UPDATE  

   In response to last week's note about a Vignette book 
   "dismemberment" by dealer Arri Jacob,  Ken Barr writes: 
   "I know Arri pretty well, and he is quite bibliofriendly, 
   owning more than one of the "Portraits and Vignettes" 
   books mentioned in his ad.  The pieces offered are from a 
   volume which was already *thoroughly* disbound when he 
   acquired it ...  <Move along folks, nothing to see here ..." 
   Thanks for the update, Ken, and our apologies to Arri. 
   

ADS IN BOOKS?  

   In response to the question regarding placing advertising 
   in books, Morten Eske Mortensen of Copenhagen writes: 
   "The ultimate solution that keeps end-price of books down is 
   this:  THAT THE USERS/COLLECTORS/READERS BUY 
   A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF COPIES OF THE BOOKS 
   IN QUESTION.   In case the users/collectors/readers only 
   buy a (relatively) few copies of a given title, THE PRICE TAG 
   of this title will have to be INCREASED accordingly." 
   

GEORGE FREDERICK KOLBE 79TH SALE  

   George Frederick Kolbe's 79th auction sale of "Important 
   Numismatic Books" will close on Saturday, November 13th, 
   1999. Printed catalogues will be sent free of charge to E-Sylum 
   subscribers.  Email: numislit@compuserve.com  

   Highlights include a large selection of  antiquarian numismatic 
   books,  major works on ancient coins; English token classics 
   including Chetwynd and Pye/Waters; numerous classic and 
   standard works on Latin American and Hispano American 
   coins and medals; sets of major American and British 
   numismatic periodicals, and a British numismatic library. 
   

FUNCTION ASSOCIATES 49TH SALE  

   Function Associates is holding its 49th Mail-Bid Sale of 
   Numismatic Literature with a closing date of November 30, 
   1999. The sale is Part One of  selections from the library of 
   the Harry W. Bass, Jr. Research Foundation.  

   The sale includes hardbound U. S. auction catalogs, books 
   and periodicals covering medals & tokens, paper money, 
   ancient coins, exonumia and other numismatic subjects.  

   E-Sylum subscribers may request a free copy of the catalog 
   to be sent via US Mail or as an email attachment (in either 
   MS-Word, WordPerfect or PDF format). Contact Fred Lake 
   at fredlake@aol.com. 
   

MATTHEW STICKNEY PICTURE SOUGHT  

   Pete Smith writes: "I have a question for E-Sylum readers: 
   Does anyone have a picture, photo or drawing, of Matthew A. 
   Stickney, the nineteenth century collector and one-time owner 
   of  the Stickney 1804 dollar?  Can anyone identify previous 
   publication of such a picture?" 
   

MORE ON KOLBE'S BASS 3 SALE  

   George Kolbe notes "Bass 3 did very well: estimates in 
   190,000's, sale brought just over $250,000 (incl. 10%) and 
   94% of lots sold. There were 21 registered floor bidders, 
   perhaps 3 or 4 represented by proxy.  Though there were 
   only about 10 in the room when the sale started, the others 
   came in and out during the course of the sale and virtually all 
   were "dead serious" with only one or two floor bidders failing 
   to participate in the bidding. The 3 Bass sales to date total 
   $817,000 and the June 10, 2000 sale may well we the biggest 
   of the four." 
   

SECOND BANCO CENTRAL DEL ECUADOR 
PUBLICATION SOUGHT  

   Further to his request in Vol. 2, No. 40, Victor S. Holden of 
   Hong Kong, China, is looking for a copy of a second Banco 
   Central del Ecuador publication: 'REVISTA ECUATORIANA 
   DE HISTORIA ECONOMICA (published in 4 Vols., 1987-88) 
   Vol. 2: PAPER MONEY'. As previously, if anyone has a copy 
   they are willing to part with (only Vol. 2 of the 4 Vols. is of 
   interest), or if there is someone who could provide Victor with 
   photocopies of selected extracts for research purposes, he would 
   like to hear from them. Victor's e-mail address is: 
   victorh@hknet.com. 
   

EBAY COLLECTIBLES SHOW REPORT  

   NBS Vice-President David Sklow filed this report from last 
   week's coin and collectibles show sponsored by Ebay in 
   Columbus, OH:   "Great show, great seminars and great ebay 
   support, but no people!!!  If you can imagine, at the ribbon 
   cutting there were only a few dozen people.   I was there 
   Friday 11:00 AM, empty!   Again Saturday at noon, empty!  

   The convention floor was large with wide aisles.  There were 
   a lot of dealers.  Ebay did a bang-up job all around.  I guess 
   Columbus really isn't the numismatic hub of the world!"  

   Actually Dave, this fits in well with the Ebay master plan. 
   Soon those pesky, smelly humans will be replaced with 
   robot buyers and sellers, trading collectibles in dark rooms 
   at optimal efficiency ... 
   

FEATURED WEB SITE  

   This week's featured web site is the Penningkabinet, the 
   Netherlands National Museum of Coins and Medals.  

      http://www.penningkabinet.nl/Eng/index.eng.html  

  Wayne Homren 
  Numismatic Bibliomania Society 
   

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