rNumis

I'm very sad to hear this. We had many long conversations - usually by phone. He was always very kind and was an enthusiastic supporter of my work, always ready with new ideas. I'll miss him.

Buy the pass online before Friday and it's $20 (save $5) and your pass will be waiting at checkin

3 hours ago, Ed Snible said:

  I can't remember if I suggested this to @rNumis)

@Ed Snible  ...probably this?  (from the Pegasi thread)

On 12/18/2023 at 2:06 PM, Ed Snible said:

It would be wonderful if someone was saving catalogs via download, "print to PDF", or crawling sites.  For every ancient coin auction.

This data could become valuable in the future.

I recall agreeing with this and it did prompt a review on my side of what's currently available at the different consolidators. That's kind of ongoing and is already proving to be not that straightforward.

As part of that work, I was dismayed to find (unless I'm reading it wrong) that most of the SIXBID 'collectors archive' has disappeared behind a paywall. That was a wonderful free resource. Now, any lots and images older than 6 months are going to cost $$$$ to see. They're also claiming to be offering scanned *old* catalogs for even more money, but the examples they show in their advertisements are clearly just scans from the University of Heidelberg's Catalog digitization project (freely available and online). I have to wonder what is going. Anybody know?

Everything you see at rnumis.com I've built on top of web hosted mysql databases that I've created. I've written web interfaces so that I (and you, for those areas publicly permissioned) can access that information. I can also query the data tables directly with mysql commands. A lot of different related pieces so you can query and see something like this

https://www.rnumis.com/greek_coins_detail.php?ref=KLN_20211029&refid=27

Everything is web hosted for access anywhere. I don't need to worry about my home computer blowing up. That's the easy part.

For sure, 99% of my rnumis time is spent extracting the information and images those tables will use, even with software I've written to speed things up.  

Steve

Newman does have good NFA coverage. There are a few more NFA sales listed at 

 https://www.rnumis.com/house_auctions.php?house=NFA

but they're mostly hosted at gallica. While I'm grateful they've put them online, I find Newman (archive) much easier to work with.

Yes!! Nice 

@Roman Collector

e137 isn't on the ANS Library shelves (assuming its one of their Bid or Buy sales). Most others, but not that one. Sorry!

@Roman Collector

@Roman Collector

From the ANS Library copy

Apologies, I don't see it on my shelves. Other Lanz, yes but not that one. Hopefully somebody else here can help. If not I'll take a picture if I get over to the ANS Library later this week.

My notes say I have it. I'll check shortly. Cheers

8 hours ago, Rand said:

It does look like the ticket references were made to Mateu y Llopis' 1936 catalogue of Visigoth coins!!!

Excellent.  It looks like the question is answered, but if you need anything else from that catalog, let me know. Cheers 

I'll probably go, it's (now) my home town, after all.  My first time was probably around  1999, back when it was held in the World Trade Center. Seems so long ago. Haven't been for a few years, what with covid and being away on travels. 

The catalog is in the ANS Library here in NYC. Next I'm over there, I can check one of those Salton  ML entries to confirm (or not).

On 12/26/2023 at 7:31 AM, Rand said:

From how I read them, the envelopes and tags do not mention previous sales. Although I cannot determine what ML.II.7 and ML.II.15 refer to, ML is likely be a reference publication

I wonder if this refers to Mateu y Llopis' 1936 catalog of Visigoth coins. Attaching the Clain-Stefanelli entry. 

For now, it's still on SixBid

Lot: 324 | ATTICA, Athens | Online Auction 43 | N&N LONDON LTD | Sixbid

1 hour ago, ACCLA-Mike said:

Steve:

There is some overlap but there are a few more Pegasi Auctions that are not on your list ..

Mike

Awesome. Thanks Mike!

11 minutes ago, Ed Snible said:

I don't know if your system allows you to show metadata about a firm beyond their city and state, but it can be helpful to have this information when researching.

The metadata for an auction firm is pretty minimal but could easily be extended. What do you have in mind?

Thanks for the links. Fitzwilliam and donum are my go-tos for auction numbers/dates and extended info. Both invaluable.

The Pegasi entries I added just now are just those with online sales...hopefully useful to other people, but also place-holders for me while I think about archiving the information that those sales contain. For earlier Pegasi sales, I do have some physical catalogs too, but I haven't got around to scanning them yet.

While I didn't find e137, this was a prompt, at least, to populate some of the other Pegasi auctions...I had almost nothing so far. This is what I've tracked down:

rNumis » Auctions of Pegasi

If anyone knows of any other Pegasi sales online, let me know and I'll add links.

Cheers

7 hours ago, KenDorney said:

Just use the Wayback Machine.  You can search a website historically and see what was where and when:

https://web.archive.org/web/20030315000000*/http://sep11.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Memoriam

Interesting and looks like it could be useful! Thanks for the pointer to this site.

Sadly, for Pegasi it seems they (the wayback machine) didn't index everything. I used this snapshot: Pegasi Numismatics (archive.org) 

I do get to see top-level pages and links (better than nothing) but go much further (eg look for an archived auction or coin) and I very quickly get:

Hrm.

The Wayback Machine has not archived that URL.

I will play around some more, but maybe someone will have better luck on the wayback machine with Pegasi.

I don't have it. I have a lot of their paper catalogs (waiting to be scanned) but not the e-sales Maybe try Jess or Nick at Spartan....they were formerly directors/catalogers at Pegasi.

Meet our staff | Spartan Numismatics (spartan-numismatics.com)

(If the e-sale images and text still exist in some form I wonder if they'd be amenable to creating a free archive for future generations ... I'd be happy to help...)

Now where has that been hiding 😄

I've lost count of how many times i looked for it on gallica. Outstanding. I'll get it added shortly. Thanks!

5 hours ago, Ed Snible said:

Do you mean a transfer of the shape?  I have seen Saflips "go white" at a high-point because the coin has caused them to stretch there.

Or do you mean that you see patina on the flip?  I have seen printer ink from the card insert transfer to a flip, but nothing from a coin.

Ed, I mean that when I now take out copper coins that have been sitting quietly in boxes for 10-15 years, there is a circular greasy smudge in the shape of the coin on the interior surfaces of the saflip. This is true for all sizes, from small fractions up to large clunkers. I don't think it's stretch marks. I was somewhat shocked, given how people touted these as the best thing since sliced bread. It seems there is some chemical interaction going on, just likely very slow. Maybe not everyone has this experience, but I won't use them anymore. 

Jefimok gets my vote. Always liked them 👍 

I no longer trust Saflips for long term storage. I recently looked at some copper coins kept for 10+ years in saflips and there are noticeable coin features on the flip. Moving everything to paper.