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<p>[QUOTE="Only a Poor Old Man, post: 5211352, member: 111037"][USER=95174]@BenSi[/USER] that is a very cool thing to do for a living! I wish I was employed doing something that is connected to my hobbies. I am actually also a collector of old books, so I wish there was a book sub-section in coin talk! My main area is religious themes and I am currently researching an old English Bible from the early 1700s that is full of nice folio-sized copper engravings. Unfortunately the artist is not mentioned in the title page so I don't know where to start. Any tips? Here is a sample:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1215550[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>My living room smells of lavender as my bookcase is covered in it <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie26" alt=":bookworm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> (Got to keep those bookworms away).</p><p><br /></p><p>And to stay on topic, provenance is a very important aspect of our hobby. I wish more sellers/auction houses would adapt an approach of where the provenance path of every coin is well documented. I don't care if some names would be the average John Smith, but it would be a great way of protecting the coins from unfavorable future legislation, which I believe is a real danger to our hobby. You see we live in 'sensitive' times where this type of legislation is very attractive to politicians as they can be draconian and look good to their 'progressive' audiences. A good recent example is what happened to UK dealers and collectors of antiques containing ivory... Just because some nasty poachers are hunting elephants to extinction in Africa, the UK government thought that it would help by banning the selling of ivory containing antiques and artifacts even if these are hundreds of years old. Only 'masterpieces' are exempt, and what is a masterpiece would be defined by some panel.. I don't know the final form of the legislation, but the collector societies I belong are still trying to put some sense into the government bureaucrats. Antique dealers and collectors specializing in items such as Japanese Netsuke facing their valuable collections becoming worthless.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Only a Poor Old Man, post: 5211352, member: 111037"][USER=95174]@BenSi[/USER] that is a very cool thing to do for a living! I wish I was employed doing something that is connected to my hobbies. I am actually also a collector of old books, so I wish there was a book sub-section in coin talk! My main area is religious themes and I am currently researching an old English Bible from the early 1700s that is full of nice folio-sized copper engravings. Unfortunately the artist is not mentioned in the title page so I don't know where to start. Any tips? Here is a sample: [ATTACH=full]1215550[/ATTACH] My living room smells of lavender as my bookcase is covered in it :bookworm: (Got to keep those bookworms away). And to stay on topic, provenance is a very important aspect of our hobby. I wish more sellers/auction houses would adapt an approach of where the provenance path of every coin is well documented. I don't care if some names would be the average John Smith, but it would be a great way of protecting the coins from unfavorable future legislation, which I believe is a real danger to our hobby. You see we live in 'sensitive' times where this type of legislation is very attractive to politicians as they can be draconian and look good to their 'progressive' audiences. A good recent example is what happened to UK dealers and collectors of antiques containing ivory... Just because some nasty poachers are hunting elephants to extinction in Africa, the UK government thought that it would help by banning the selling of ivory containing antiques and artifacts even if these are hundreds of years old. Only 'masterpieces' are exempt, and what is a masterpiece would be defined by some panel.. I don't know the final form of the legislation, but the collector societies I belong are still trying to put some sense into the government bureaucrats. Antique dealers and collectors specializing in items such as Japanese Netsuke facing their valuable collections becoming worthless.[/QUOTE]
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