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The E-Sylum: Volume 4, Number 12, March 18, 2001, Article 13AUCTION HOUSE SHORTHANDKarl Moulton writes: "In an email to fellow NBS'er Dick Johnson, I offered my thoughts on a three digit standard code for auction companies, which could be used as a common shorthand in bibliographic citations. Dick took the idea further, to suggest a standard scheme for representing cataloguer, sale, and lot references in a compact code. Based on what I went through with the recent USNAC compilation, it would be a very remote possibility that anything could be ever agreed upon by the cataloguers. Perhaps the NBS'ers could come up with such a listing for their own use, if something like this would be useful. Cataloguers have very little regard for such projects, as there is no profit in doing so. The response rates to requests for a complete listing of their own publications for the past 10 years was less than 1 in 10!! Even then, some lists were not complete and contained incorrect information!" Wayne Homren, EditorContent presented in The E-Sylum is not necessarily researched or independently fact-checked, and views expressed do not necessarily represent those of the Numismatic Bibliomania Society. This is a static archive page documenting the originally published content. Links were active at the time of publication but may no longer work. Check subsequent issues for corrections and commentary. 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. Visit the Membership page. Those wishing to become new E-Sylum subscribers (or wishing to Unsubscribe) can go to the following web page link. To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: E-Sylum Editor Copyright © 1998 - 2020 The Numismatic Bibliomania Society (NBS) |
