[MR] Documents Catalog--Sotheby's -- Fwd: sca-east Digest, Vol 82, Issue 69

[David Chessler]

In this instance there is a link and you can download a .pdf file of the
entire catalog. 103 pp

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YIS

Davitt il Bigollo da Pisa
Erudit de l'Academie de Espee de Atlantia
Storvik (rapier)
Roxbury Mill (other things) 

------ Original Message ------
Received: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:21:52 PM EST
From: Karen Summerfelt-Hume <chagankhulan at gmail.com>
To: David Chessler <chessler at usa.net>Cc: "\"Atlantia\""
<atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>, 	"\"Atlantia AnS\""
<Atlantia_AnS at yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: [MR] Documents Catalog--Sotheby's -- Fwd: sca-east Digest, Vol 
82, Issue 69

> For those folks who are not familiar with the cataloogue's from the better
> auction houses - they are worth their weight in gold as far as being good
> visual records of the pieces in the auction.  Generally trhere is a decent
> description of the piece with those oh-so-valuable dates, origins, etc.
> included.  They are similar to museum exhibition catalogues and in the
> antiques field often used as pricing guides for future purchases.  Anyone
> can purchase a copy of the auction catalogues.  Prices vary but again, like
> reference books - they have considerable value beyond that purchase price.
> 
> Chagan - who learned this from many antiques collectors over the decades.
> 
> On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 12:37 AM, David Chessler <chessler at usa.net> wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > ------ Original Message ------
> > Received: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:13:59 AM EST
> > From: sca-east-request at indra.com
> > To: sca-east at mail.indra.com
> > Subject: sca-east Digest, Vol 82, Issue 69
> >
> >
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> > Message: 5
> > Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:56:51 -0500
> > From: Liz Clark <freya46 at gmail.com>
> > To: East Kingdom <sca-east at indra.com>,  barony
> >        <sca.dragondormant at lists.wolfstar.ca>,  northprinc
> >        <northprinc at yahoogroups.com>,   stonemarche
> >        <stonemarche at yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: [EK] Fwd: Sothebys sale of Manuscripts
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> >        <dd37ea540911192056r2f6a8d4eu869713f30ab8593d at mail.gmail.com>
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> > I ripped this, screaming red murder, from the Ealdormere list.
> >
> > Hugs
> >
> > Freya
> >
> >
> >
> > http://catalogue.sothebys.com/events/L09741
> >
> > You *know* just looking at this catalogue is gonna hurt....one of the
> > largest sales of manuscripts in history actually.
> >
> > BUt the catalogue is GREAT for documenting colours, hands, illustration
> > ideas....
> >
> >
> >
> >
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