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From: Mitchell, James [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 7:49 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.
McCracken Research Library, Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wyoming
>HOMEPAGE: www.bbhc.org/hmrl/index.html
OPAC: http://wyldweb.state.wy.us/bbhc
> * Approximately how many auction catalogs do you own?
> 2000
> * Briefly describe the scope of your collection, considering such
> factors as: subject area, auction house locations, and dates of sales.
American Art, Western Americana, Plains Indian art and ethnology, firearms
and firearms accouterments, Buffalo Bill's Wild West, American photography,
rare books, and ephemera. Catalogs from the 1970's to present.
Auction houses from New York to San Francisco. Focus on major houses such
as Butterfields, Doyle, Christie's, Sotheby's, and selected specialty
auctions such as the Coeur d'Alene Art Auction held in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
Current subscriptions: 25
>
> * Have you contributed records to SCIPIO?
> NO
> * Are your auction catalog records included in your opac or some other
> locally maintained database?
>Records are kept on an in-house list. Not OPAC accessible. Hope to remedy
this soon.
> * What is the status of your recon efforts or plans?
>Presently completing the automation of the monograph collections catalog
and entry of serials into OPAC. Hope to then get manuscript collections,
auction catalogs and other materials into OPAC.
>
> 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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