ANS LIBRARY SALE REPORT 上市 Deposited
The E-Sylum: Volume 7, Number 36, September 5, 2004, Article 3
ANS LIBRARY SALE REPORT
Chiming in with additional information on the recent fundraising
auction for the American Numismatic Society Library chair
fund, John W. Adams writes: "On Thursday evening of the
American Numismatic Association convention, the ANS
conducted its auction of 50 donated lots of numismatic literature,
all of which were valuable and many of which were especially
interesting. The attendance was "dampened" somewhat by the
heavy rains to which Pittsburgh treated us. Nonetheless, 40
hardy bibliophiles gathered for what proved to be a truly
memorable occasion. Ye editor Wayne Homren had provided
us with a simpatico setting at the upstairs of Tambellinis
Restaurant. George Kolbe had performed his usual world-class
cataloguing. And Denis Loring called the auction of his life - we
were in stitches from start to finish.The auction was buttressed by a plethora of generous mailbids
but nothing could top lot 1, a special edition of Adams on Indian
peace medals: after a furious floor fight, it hammered down at
$1,250 whence an unnamed officer of the ANS closed everyone
out with a bid of $10,000 !! Matters continued uphill from there.
The final tally was $89,500, an obviously meaningful gift to the
Francis D.Campbell Library Chair. Gold stars to Homren, Kolbe
and Loring. Many more gold stars to the bibliophiles who
donated and those who bid."- 2004-09-05
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