The E-Sylum:  Volume 5, Number 10, March 3, 2002, Article 6

NEWMAN PERKINS PROVENANCE

  Eric P. Newman writes: "George Fuld in the Feb. 24, 2002
  E-Sylum described his experiences with the very rare 1809
  Perkins Bank Bill Test publication and mentioned that he
  later learned that I had one.  Mine was acquired in a very
  odd transaction indicating one should never give up hope.

  A beautiful example came up in the auctioning of the Streeter
  Collection of American books.   I had an agent handle my bid
  and to my great sadness I was outbid.  I did not know that
  Streeter had given several million dollars to two libraries which
  money they could only obtain if they used it at the auctions of
  his material.  Streeter thus ran up the auction prices with
  bidders using his money against the competition. After about
  six months my agent telephoned me and asked if I was still
  willing to buy the item at my bid and that he could get a
  commission from the seller if I would.  After picking up
  myself off the floor I said "Yes, thank you" and asked what
  had happened. He told me that one of the libraries was afraid
  that it would not be able to use all of its allotment and used
  some of their money to buy rarities they did not really want
  but might resell later to obtain the proceeds.  Whether I should
  have been grateful to Mr. Streeter or not is still an open
  question."

  [Mr. Newman's copy of Perkins was discussed in the
  December 3, 2000 E-Sylum (Volume 3, Number 50).
  In the December 17, 2000 issue (Volume 3, Number 52),
  Charles Davis estimated the population as five or six,
  including the Shafer/Fuld, Streeter/Newman, Goodspeeds/
  Boston collector, Massachusetts Historical Society,  and
  Pennell/ANA Library copies.  -Editor ]

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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