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From: Mitchell, James [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 9:49 AM
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Subject: auction catalogs collection survey
> Cross-posted to arlis-l and rlg-scipio. Apologies for duplication.
>
> As mentioned at the SCIPIO Users group meeting in Los Angeles, I'd like to
> hear from institutions with significant collections of auction sales
> catalogs. I hope that you will take a few minutes to fill out the
> following short survey. This survey is not limited to SCIPIO contributors,
> but is an attempt to gather information for identification and comparison
> of collections.
>
> * Library name and institution. Include urls for library homepage and
> catalog.
>
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
http://www.mfa.org
> * Approximately how many auction catalogs do you own?
>
The Library owns approximately 40,000 catalogs and adds an average of a 1000
catalogs annually.
> * Briefly describe the scope of your collection, considering such
> factors as: subject area, auction house locations, and dates of sales.
>The collection covers all art media from ancient to twentieth century art.
> * Have you contributed records to SCIPIO?
>Yes, the Library contributes records to Scipio.
> * Are your auction catalog records included in your opac or some other
> locally maintained database?
>
No, the auction catalog records are not included in our opac, but they are
accessible to our users through Eureka.
> * What is the status of your recon efforts or plans?
>
The Library converted all its collection, currently represented in Scipio.
>
Laila Abdel-Malek
Library Manager/Technical Services
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
> As an example, here is a draft entry for the Frick Art Reference Library
> of The Frick Collection, New York (http://www.frick.org/html/libf.htm;
> telnet://fresco.frick.org):
>
> Approximately 70,000 catalogs from auction houses worldwide, from sales
> dating from the 17th century to the present. Annual acquisitions rate of
> ca. 2,000, from over 1,000 auction houses in Europe, Australia, and the
> Americas. The Library maintains more than 100 current auction house
> subscriptions.
> Mostly sales of fine arts of Europe and the Americas, from the period 4th
> century A.D. to the mid-20th century. Limited coverage of the decorative
> arts.
> All catalogs are currently represented in SCIPIO. The records are not
> currently included in the Library's opac, but we are planning for it.
>
>
> I will summarize the responses to the list(s), and may try to publish the
> full results, if the data merits further discussion.
>
> Thank you all for your time.
>
>
> James Mitchell
> Assistant Reference Librarian
> Frick Art Reference Library
> 10 East 71st Street
> New York, NY 10021
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> voice 212-547-0661
> fax 212-879-2091
>
>
>
>
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