The E-Sylum:  Volume 6, Number 12, March 23, 2003, Article 11

LONG BEACH DIARY, 1995

  With web logs (or BLOGS) being all the rage now, I
  wonder if there are any numismatists out there chronicling
  their travels in a web log.   What would pioneer collectors
  such as Joseph Mickley have written if they had had access
  to such a tool?

  In the days long before The E-Sylum, your editor wrote
  up some "mini-diaries" which later found their way onto
  one of the world's first numismatic web sites, Lloyd Lim's
  Numismatica.  The diaries are still there.  One is about a
  trip to the Long Beach show in February 1995.
  Here's an excerpt:

  "I stopped at Paul Koppenhaver's table to see the group of
  1792 patterns on display. Gorgeous pieces, most with
  pedigrees as long as your arm. The 1792 "fusible alloy"
  cent was ex- Virgil Brand, Lorin Parmelee, and the Norweb
  family. There was a silver-center cent, half disme, disme,
  and three Washington pieces, a silver half dollar and two
  pattern cents in copper."

  John Bergman had a display of numismatic literature in the
  back of the hall. Nearby was Art Rubino with an even larger
  display. I bought a number of items from each dealer. John
  had an advance copy of the Champa II sale catalog, and I
  spent a good hour reviewing it, making a list of items for bid
  on at the sale next month.

  Jack Collins stopped by the table and showed me part of the
  manuscript for his upcoming book on the 1794 dollar. Later
  I found a dealer with a beautiful 1-cent White the Hatter
  encased postage stamp for sale. I need one for my collection,
  and made a deal to purchase it in installments. My tastes have
  long outgrown my budget, but this will help."

  http://www.limunltd.com/numismatica/mini-diaries/long-beach.html
  http://www.limunltd.com/numismatica/mini-diaries/

  I'm glad I wrote this up, for I had long forgotten most of
  what I did at that show.  It's sad to think that John Bergman,
  Jack Collins and Armanda Champa are all gone now.  But
  it was a pleasure to have known them all.

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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