Last week's issue was great as usual. I was especially interested to read about the Quarto Attinelli that Tom Elder sold in 1932. I pulled my catalog of this sale to check it out, and found the Attinelli was in a consignment from the S. Hudson Chapman estate. To any of our readers who have this catalog, the books and plated catalogs will make you drool. Of course in 1932 most people were using their money to buy bread rather than numismatic literature.

If you are searching for an item sold by Elder, it is not an easy task. His catalogs are not indexed, and each consigner's items are separate. If four people consigned large cents, they will be in four different places in the catalog. Years ago I saw a rare Charleston Social Club medal sold in one of Elder's sales, but now cannot remember which sale I saw it in.

Speaking of Elder, I recently purchased some issues of Hobbies magazine. In the Oct, 1947 issue Elder writes of a huge numismatic literature library to be sold by Barney Bluestone. Hundreds of rare plated catalogs of the Chapmans, Elder, Proskey, Leavitt, and others. He does not say who was the owner of the library. Apparently these were sold in Bluestone's 98th & 99th sales in Oct & Dec 1947. I don't own these catalogs, but perhaps someone can give us some of the highlights.

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:ELDER SOLD LARGE-PAPER VERSION OF ATTINELLI'S NUMISGRAPHICS(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n38a15.html)