The E-Sylum:  Volume 5, Number 36, September 8, 2002, Article 4

NO, IT'S NOT A TYPO

Lot 1297 in the September 13-14, 2002 Smythe auction
caught your Editor's eye.   At first I thought there
was a glaring typo in the lot description, but that's
not the case.  The auction contains twelve lots from
the Smillie family archive - six members of the family
were involved in engraving and painting.  G.F.C. "Fred"
Smillie worked at both the American Bank Note Company
and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

The lot description begins "Large Albumen of James
Simillie and his wife..."  "Albumen" is not a misspelling
of "Album" - it is the name of a type of photographic
process invented in the 1840's.  For more information,
see this web page:
http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/history/albumen.htm

The sale includes some lots related to previous
E-Sylum discussions, including:

Lot 2121 - an 1879 fifty cent Emperor Norton I note
Lot 2744 - "1933 Executive Order to Turn In Gold Coins,
Gold Bullion, and Gold Certificates."

Lot 2746 - "List of Ransom Notes in a Kidnapping Case,
October 8, 1937."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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