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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Carthago, post: 2490837, member: 76111&quot;]I have quite a few of RBW&#039;s library auction catalogues and I greatly enjoy running across his notes.&nbsp; One of these days I&#039;ll post a compilation of neat things that are hiding in my library from his collecting days.&nbsp; I&#039;ve got correspondence, bid forms, invoices, and of course, all sorts of notes.&nbsp; I only corresponded with a him a few times before he died, but he told me that he left all of that stuff in there for future collectors to enjoy...like Easter Eggs.</p><p><br /></p><p>One thing I find surprising is the frequency with which he corrects incorrect references in the lot descriptions.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know whether he was going through each lot with a copy of Crawford and Sydenham at the ready or if he was some sort of brilliant mind that new this stuff by memory.&nbsp;&nbsp; Many of them aren&#039;t lots he appeared to even bid on; he was just working through the catalogue.&nbsp;&nbsp; I don&#039;t have any Crawford numbers committed to memory and I obsess over coins all day long![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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