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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Carthago, post: 2545809, member: 76111&quot;]Great post Ken!&nbsp; I&#039;ve been collecting coins since I was a child (I&#039;m 50 in a few months) but ancients for around 10 years only.&nbsp; Internet is all I&#039;ve known as an ancient collector.&nbsp; As a kid, I used to spend a lot of time with coin dealers who also frequented gun shows at the time and search through change from my Grandfathers laundromat for rare dates and errors.</p><p><br /></p><p>With that said, I love old catalogues and collect them as part of my reference library.&nbsp; I just bought a complete run of Waddell, HJB, Joel Malter and Freeman &amp; Sear FPL&#039;s and auction catalogues with the Malters going back into the 1960&#039;s. </p><p><br /></p><p>My dad bought ancients from Joel from the time he just started; they actually sort of started together.&nbsp; I remember Malter catalogues on my father&#039;s desk at work, on the living room coffee table, on the back of the toilet.&nbsp; I recognize catalogues that I haven&#039;t seen for 40 years and it&#039;s sort of startling to have those memories come back from so long ago.&nbsp; Joel used to regularly send him coins on approval; he kept what he wanted and sent a check with the unwanteds back to Joel.&nbsp; Did you ever send coins on approval?</p><p><br /></p><p>Looking through the FPL&#039;s and catalogues today I see the working notes of the prior collectors which I find fascinating.&nbsp; It&#039;s my understanding that it is sort of customary for collectors of generations past to leave some of their work in situ for future collectors and researchers to discover.&nbsp; RBW told me that is what he did and why.&nbsp; I intend to do the same, but so much of our work will evaporate in the electronic ether which is a shame.</p><p><br /></p><p>On a related note, I had dinner with John Spring a couple weeks ago who wrote the book on ancient coin catalogues from 1880-1980.&nbsp; He spun tales about the old auction houses, dealers, collectors, all long dead that only someone who truly loved them could.&nbsp; It will undoubtedly be a highpoint in my collecting experience when I&#039;m as ancient as Doug and looking back on my collecting days.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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