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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;HawkeEye, post: 3091704, member: 86305&quot;]this web site might help you <a href="https://fairuse.stanford.edu/overview/public-domain/welcome/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://fairuse.stanford.edu/overview/public-domain/welcome/" rel="nofollow">https://fairuse.stanford.edu/overview/public-domain/welcome/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>All this conversation has me thinking though and in my case I have an answer to my 32 images.&nbsp; Since I am using them as &quot;representative examples&quot; of a variety I can in fact create my own image and avoid any copyright issue.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is another thing pointed out on this web site that was not mentioned above.&nbsp; Facts can be quoted without regard to copyright.&nbsp; Images might or might not apply based on the image and your usage.&nbsp; GDJMSP might want to chime in, but stating that a certain coin was certified by a TPG is a statement of fact.&nbsp; Stating that a coin appeared in an auction catalog is also a statement of fact and so long as you do not reference their certificate number might not need permission.&nbsp; In the auction cases if you are not quoting from the catalog, only stated the appearance, would you need permission or is that a statement of fact?</p><p><br /></p><p>For example, if I reference that the last appearance of an 1909-S V.D.B. was in the Stacks-Bowers auction on 1/1/2011, is that a fact only when not directly quoting the listing?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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