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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robp, post: 5529171, member: 96746&quot;]You can never have enough catalogues as an added provenance never harmed a coin&#039;s value. I have a library of just over 5000 sales going back to 1800, all of which have potential use for extracting the provenance of coins related to my collecting interest. Even in the days before illustration, a buyer&#039;s name will often lead to next owner. Auction listings might give one or two past names if you are lucky, as an educated perusal will often pay dividends. A recent sale had a 20 year old provenance, but a trace of wax told me it was in a catalogue from the first half of the last century. An hour later and it could be traced through half a dozen collections back to Trattle, sold in 1832. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I also have a room full of spares covering all areas from many countries. Relying on the internet is not that good, as even places such as Heritage have iffy pictures when you go back 15 years, and an auction archive is only as reliable as the period the site exists. Website revamp and many things get lost.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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