ASYLUM SPRING 2022 ISSUE PUBLISHED

The NBS's The Asylum's Spring 2022 Issue
Maria Fanning, editor

In The Asylum's Spring 2022 issue, we have a contribution from new author Douglas Ward, the next installment of Joel Orosz's series on Charles Ira Bushnell's Flandin's Catalogue of Coins and Medals, an article from our president Tom Harrison, among others, as well as BiblioFiles on NBS members Dr. John Francis Rainey and Austin Goodwin Andrews.

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Table of Contents:

• My Red Book Collection By Samuel S. Rowe
• Paul Wittlin and His Innovative Grading Scale By Thomas D. Harrison
• Defining the Irreplaceable By Scott H. Miller
• The American Numismatic Association Election of 1909 as Viewed through Its Membership Applications from 1907 to 1910 By Douglas Ward
• ASSOCIATIONS: Autographs • Annotations • Inscriptions Charles Ira Bushnell's Flandin's Catalogue of Coins and Medals: Part II, The Pierre Flandin Sale, June 6, 1855 By Joel J. Orosz

Message from the NBS President Tom Harrison
Isaac Wood, Samuel and Henry Chapman, Alexander Wylie, Harry W. Bass, Jr. and a handful of other numismatists had the foresight to assemble amazing libraries or vast accumulations of numismatic literature and related ephemeral materials. From the hobby's inception, insightful collectors, some prominent and others anonymous today, have valued relevant literature to enhance their collecting experience. Since those early days a few discriminating collectors in each generation have treasured and then passed on their libraries to the next generation. Throughout the decades, dedicated custodians have donated invaluable volumes to the ANS and ANA libraries for all to appreciate, as well as provided literature to line our shelves for study and enjoyment.

Today bibliophiles covet early priced and named catalogs, inscribed volumes and correspondence that open the door to a bygone time. You, the members of Numismatic Bibliomania Society, are carrying on the tradition by collecting and conserving these historical works. Besides treasuring the classic works, amazing ephemeral collections are forming and even sets of little-remembered dealer's catalogs, fixed price lists and periodicals are reuniting so they can weave together the complete historical numismatic story for future enthusiasts. As ardent supporters of the NBS you are helping to promote an interest in our branch of the hobby to the wider numismatic community. Kudos to our past hobby visionaries and the current NBS membership for continuing to carry the torch.

May your library provide investigation, discovery and most of all, enjoyment.

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