Greetings.  We at the National Gallery of Art (Washington) have been receiving small-format Sotheby’s catalogs.  I called them to ask if these were “full” catalogs that we should accession as I also had heard that they no longer print catalogs and have cancelled subscriptions.  I was told that they are producing a very limited number of these smaller catalogs to send gratis to some clients, including major museums.  These contain everything that a normal catalog would, although there is now a lot of supplementary content that is only online. We are cataloging all of the ones we receive.

 

Charlotte DonVito

Auction Catalog Librarian

National Gallery of Art

Washington, DC

(202) 789-3040

 

Mailing address: 2000 B South Club Drive, Landover, MD 20785

 

 

 

Dear Nel

 

Thanks for raising this. I concluded from the FAQ on their web site https://www.sothebys.com/en/faq-help?locale=en that they were not printing any more catalogues, but now some are finding their way to us. Hard to know what is or is not being printed, and what we can rely on receiving in the way of complimentary copies sent to curators if subscriptions are no longer possible. I would be interested to hear if others have more insight.

 

Best regards

 

Jonathan

 

Jonathan Franklin
Librarian
The National Gallery
Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N 5DN
Tel. 020 7747 2522
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Dear colleagues,

 

The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam collects the print versions of auction catalogues. Recently, I tried to renew our subscription to the Sotheby’s catalogues, but they are no longer renewing their print subscriptions. Do you still collect printed auction catalogues, and if so, how do you deal with this problem?

 

Best regards,

 

Mrs. Nel ten Brug

Head of the Library Administration

Department of Research Services

Tel.: ++31 (0)20 6747238

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