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V4 2001 INDEX       E-SYLUM ARCHIVE

The E-Sylum: Volume 4, Number 30, July 22, 2001, Article 13 BOWERS ON BOOKS AND BITS From Dave Bowers' recent Coin World column: "Books and catalogues seem certain to endure. For electronic media, such as the Internet, the jury is out regarding permanence. Often messages in electronic media are so disorganized and, collectively, are so extensive that they are not saved. Witness the millions of words that were exchanged among dealers on the various Teletype and electronic trading media from about 1961 to present. I am not aware that any valuable research information, or even market data, can be easily found from such sources today, if indeed, they were ever archived. What does survive is apt to be found in summary form in The Coin Dealer Newsletter or in an article in a printed newspaper or magazine. So it is with the Internet. It is too early know what, if anything, will achieve permanent status from the flood of comments, illustrations, coin listings, etc., that are generated hourly or even by the second or minute. In contrast, by way of illustration, I imagine that the coins offered in the Bowers and Merena Galleries catalogue of the Lucien LaRiviere Collection, or Stack’s catalogue of the Marvin Taichert Collection, or Joe Levine’s “Hard Times” Sale, or Ira and Larry Goldberg’s Orlando Sale will be remembered a century hence by numismatic scholars. On the other hand, I suspect that hardly any of the coins — including many rarities — offered and/or sold on eBay during the entire year of 2000 will be remembered at all." [Editor's note: many thanks to Dave for mentioning NBS and The E-Sylum in his column; thanks also to the writers and editors at Coin World and Numismatic News for their regular mentions of E-Sylum issues in recent months.]

Wayne Homren, Editor

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