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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;calcol, post: 3271588, member: 77639&quot;]I too greatly prefer digital copies.&nbsp; Take up less space (essentially none), are instantly available, have great portability, and can easily be searched and sorted.</p><p><br /></p><p>To some extent, the Newman Portal has knocked down the numismatic catalog market.&nbsp; Why buy old catalogs when digital copies are free for downloading?&nbsp; I have a bunch I&#039;d like to sell, but it&#039;s not worth the effort.&nbsp; Many sell on eBay for $10 including shipping.&nbsp; I live in the country.&nbsp; The expense of driving to the PO and postage means I&#039;d earn a couple of bucks for more than an hour&#039;s effort.&nbsp; So they go to the local library&#039;s rummage sales.</p><p><br /></p><p>Check the Newman Portal before going to the trouble of scanning.&nbsp; If it&#039;s already in Newman, just download it. </p><p><br /></p><p>Usually, Newman has no need of donations of material.&nbsp; They have full access to the collections of ANS, ANA, Smithsonian, LOC and more.&nbsp; There is not much that a collector might have that they don&#039;t already have access to.&nbsp; The biggest problem Newman has is getting copyright releases.&nbsp; The copyrights to some magazines and catalogs have sifted down to some strange owners.&nbsp; For example, copyrights to the Celator belong to V-Hobbies (parent of V-Coins), and copyrights to Bowers and Merena catalogs belong to Collectors Universe.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cal[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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