The E-Sylum:  Volume 7, Number 2, January 11, 2004, Article 20

SO: IS THERE A CURE?

  Speaking of the common problem of accumulating too much
  material, David Lange writes: "I'm fairly careful about piling up
  too much numismatic literature at home.  For the most part my
  wife doesn't want to see anything of the kind outside of my den,
  so I periodically thin out the herd. That which won't fit at home
  and is still of value to me gets taken down to my workplace
  office. There's plenty of room for it there, and it adds to the
  overall atmosphere of numismatic study.

  The biggest problem I have with things piling up concerns my
  collecting of coin boards, folders and albums. I often come
  back from coin shows with a new load of items that were
  either purchased by me or donated by dealer friends, and it
  may take a few months to catalog these and place them on
  the proper shelves.  A lot of what I acquire turns out to be
  duplicated, despite my ongoing cataloging efforts, and such
  items end up in sealed plastic tubs in the garage.  The better
  items are retained, while the lesser duplicates get donated to
  coin club book sales.

  I'm currently in the process of cataloging my collection of
  Raymond binders and pages, as well as the Meghrig clones
  of the Raymond line. This has proved to be the most difficult
  cataloging job to date, because these items were in production
  for some forty years, with seemingly countless subtle
  variations in titles, date sequences, copyright information and
  fonts. I've already determined that it would be foolhardy to
  collect every title in all its manifestations, but just sorting out
  and recording what I have on hand is a daunting task. There
  are presently several piles of pages and binders on the floor
  of my den in various stages of documentation, with the fully
  recorded items already isolated in a big tub in our bedroom.
  I do hope to get those items on a shelf at some point, but
  with the FUN show stealing yet another weekend I can't
  make my wife any promises."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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