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The E-Sylum: Volume 5, Number 29, July 14, 2002, Article 13
STILL MORE SHERLOCKIANA
Dick Johnson writes: "Bob Fritsch could have added two
very fine art medals to his exhibit of Sherlock Holmes
numismatic items. In 1987 two California artists created
Sherlock Holmes Art Medals: Alex Shagin and Marika
Somogyi.Both medals have a portrait of the famed investigator.
Shagin mentions Baker Street on the reverse (remember
the number?) Somogyi employs an openwork keyhole
for the portrait eye; it has been exhibited four times by
AMSA, American Medallic Sculpture Association, and
once at an international F.I.D.E.M. exhibit.I cataloged both Holmes medals for a Collectors' Auction
Ltd auction of May 14, 1989, lots 334 and 354. Both
were illustrated there."Bob Van Ryzin writes: "In reference to Bob Fritsch's
comment in V.5 No. 28 July 7, 2002, The E-Sylum,
concerning detailed references to Holmes and numismatics,
I can offer the following:I know of at least one extensive study of numismatics in the
Canon. It appears in Simpson's Sherlockian Studies by A.
Carson Simpson, privately printed between 1953 and 1961
in nine volumes. In 1982, these volumes were compiled into
book form by Magico Magazine, with an introduction by Isaac
Asimov. If memory serves me, original sets of the Simpson
volumes were scarce even back in the 1980s. The book I
purchased was issued in an edition of 100 hardcover copies
signed by Asimov and a trade version.Volumes 5, 6, and 7 feature a three-part series on the coins,
paper money, medals and orders in the Canon. Each of these
"parts" runs in the range of 40 pages, with detailed descriptions
of the various numismatic items that may have been encountered
as well as Conical references. There's also a volume titled
"Conical Philately."- 2002-07-14
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