Michael Sullivan reports:

"Currency Auctions of America will sell the Michael J. Sullivan Collection of United States Bank Histories at public auction September 23rd in Cincinnati, Ohio. The collection, consisting of nearly 900 publications representing 75% of known related works, was assembled over the last 15 years. It represents the largest collection in the world with the second largest collection in the hands of a Midwest Collector and the third largest in the repository of Harvard University. Many of the works include photographs and historical information on notes of issue, banker's biographies, and financial history. Included in the collection is the important 12 volume set "Financing an Empire: History of Banking in California, Illinois, and Pennsylvania. For information on the sale or catalogues contact Lynn Glaser, P.O. Box 111, Forest Hills, NY, or call 718-268-3221."