Newman Numismatic Portal Project Coordinator Len Augsburger provided this update to last week's report. Thanks.
-Editor
More on Bowers & Merena's The Coin Collector
David Lange sent a comment regarding Bowers and Merena's Coin Collector, which was mentioned in the last issue of The E-Sylum. David writes "I'm looking forward to spending some time with The Coin Collector. I received all issues when new, but a tabloid newsletter was not the sort of thing I'd save. One issue has a photo of my cat Frasier guarding my collection of Bowers & Ruddy / Bowers & Merena catalogs. Can you find it?" Indeed we can, this was published in the Coin Collector issue of October 7, 1996. Q. David Bowers wrote in the caption
"David W. Lange sent us this picture of his ‘fearless cat Frasier ever at the ready to defend my collection of your company's catalogues against intruders.' Grateful, we have sent Frasier a can of cat food with our compliments."
David Lange adds today "There he is---my favorite cat of all time. He loved to nap atop those catalogs. It may have had more to do with their being under the heat vent than with any numismatic inclination on his part."
We can not say for sure, but one of the catalogs on the shelf might have been the fixed price list of 1794 large cents, from the John W. Adams collection, sold by Bowers & Ruddy in 1982. The cat depicted on the cover of this catalog was an homage to Adams, a noted feline aficionado.
Image: David Lange's cat Frasier, from The Coin Collector #41
Image: Cover illustration from the John W. Adams 1794 large cent fixed price list
David adds:
"The Adams large cent catalog was indeed among my B&R/B&M catalogs, which were complete from 1972 onward. I also owned a copy of the deluxe edition, #79 I believe.
"I'm attaching the original photo, as Frasier's charming ginger needs to be seen in color to really appreciate it."
Link to The Coin Collector on Newman Portal:
https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/publisherdetail/539529
Link to The Celebrated John W. Adams Collection of United States Large Cents of the Year 1794:
https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/book/578290
To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
BOWERS & MERENA'S THE COIN COLLECTOR ON NNP
(https://www.coinbooks.org/v23/esylum_v23n46a06.html)
Wayne Homren, Editor
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