The E-Sylum:  Volume 7, Number 24, June 13, 2004, Article 6

OSCAR SCHILKE MEHL CATALOGUES SOUGHT

  Bob Leonard  writes: "I'm still chasing pedigrees of a very
  few small California gold coins, and am looking for certain
  B. Max Mehl auction catalogs that can be identified as
  having belonged to Oscar G. Schilke.  Mr. Schilke died
  May 23, 1965, and Hank Spangenberger bought his library,
  including "a few" auction catalogs, that year.  He integrated
  the Schilke library with his own, and later sold most of his
  (Spangenberger's) B. Max Mehl catalogs to Armand
  Champa.  Champa did a similar weeding out, so a Champa
  pedigree is no assurance that a Mehl catalog came from
  Schilke (though it is a start); they could be anywhere.

  Specifically, I am interested in the following Mehl sales:
  Beldon E. Roach, Feb. 8, 1944; A Royal Sale (Renz),
  March 23, 1948; and Rovensky-Hoffecker, Nov. 30, 1954.
  I'd like to know if any of these catalogs can somehow be tied
  to Schilke (name present, copy of Mehl's invoice, etc.)  And
  I'm interested in any of these catalogs with notations or invoices
  indicating that the following lots were purchased or bid on:
  Roach lot 1255; Royal/Renz lot 3987; and Rovensky-Hoffecker
  lot 1940.

  Can any E-Sylum reader help?"

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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