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The E-Sylum: Volume 19, Number 53, December 28, 2016, Article 4

NEWMAN PORTAL ADDS LAKE BOOKS CATALOGS

The latest additions to the Newman Numismatic Portal are the numismatic literature sale catalogs of dealer Fred Lake. Project Coordinator Len Augsburger provided the following report. -Editor

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Fred Lake conducted a series of 125 mail bid auction sales from 1989 to 2016. These have all been posted on the Newman Portal with the gracious consent of Lake Books. Fred named his sales after consignors, although when lacking a “named” consignment he would randomly pick the name of a Florida city. My hometown of Plantation, Florida never made the cut, although nearby Fort Lauderdale was featured on the cover of the 22nd sale in 1995.

These catalogs are now searchable on the Newman Portal, most easily by entering a publication title. We see, for example, that a copy of The Mint on Carson Street, by Rusty Goe, sold for $77 on a $45 estimate in the 104th sale in 2010 - likely a good deal for the bidder as this out-of-print work is currently in demand. Similarly, while an original Attinelli (A Bibliography of American Numismatic Auction Catalogs, 1876) is not found in the Lake Books sales, the Quarterman reprint (1976) has about twenty appearances.

Over nearly a 30-year period, Lake acted as a smooth conduit, moving large quantities of numismatic literature from library to library, and these catalogs will serve as a record of his service to the hobby.

The Lake Books sale catalogs are at:


Wayne Homren, Editor

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