Must the collection be in the US?
Arts of Asia has an extensive and varied collection in their home office "study centre"--for specific collection areas of the larger auction houses, back to the early 1970s. Also smaller but important dealers.
Asia-centric, of course, but not Asia-exclusive.
Contact: http://www.artsofasianet.com/contact/contact.php
(They're a business, mind you, but worth a query if you're seeking something that falls within their areas of interest.)
Kathy Edwards
Art & Architecture Librarian
Emery A. Gunnin Architecture Library
112 Lee Hall
Clemson University
Clemson, SC 29670
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Dear CW,
Our Provenance Researcher is discovering a need for photocopies of pages from difficult to find auction & dealer catalogs of yesteryear. Those which have been individually cataloged pop up in WorldCat, of course, from those magnificent libraries which have cataloged their extensive collections. And we are aware of a dealer with a huge collection.
Are you aware of a comprehensive collection of auction & dealer catalogs in the United States which is not in WorldCat but to whom we can turn for help to obtain photocopies of relevant pages if needed? (For instance, if a catalog is NOT in WorldCat, who in the U.S. might have it?)
Heather Brodhead
Librarian
Constance & George Fearing Library
Santa Barbara Museum of Art www.sbma.net<http://www.sbma.net>
1130 State Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
(805) 884-6451
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