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In looking at the web page for the latest price guide, it is not clear as to
how the replacement price for maps is determined. Is it based on some algorithm
involving dealer catalog prices and/or auction records, or is it simply the
author's opinion? Unfortunately, I was unable to find any information on the
website as to the name of the author, nor was there anything about Map World
other than a contact form. Did I miss something?
George Ritzlin
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Subject: Re: [MapHist] A new antique map price guide
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If you wish to list valuable resources, and keep the digital resources
relatively complete, you would have to include the Antique Map Price Guide
(http://www.oldmaps.com/), which is about 2.5 times the size of the CD offering
noted at Fine Books & Collections Magazine. As Tony noted, the Antique Map
Price Record is now digital, and located at www.maprecord.com. As to the
announcement of the "first catalogue," in Fine Books and Collections, well...
Joel Kovarsky
On 5/11/2010 5:32 AM, Tony Campbell wrote:
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Fine Books & Collections announces (on May 10th) 'Antique Map Dealer
Publishes The First Catalogue Of The World's Printed Antique Maps, >From The
Year 1472 To 1850'. This proves to be Map World's Antique Map Catalogue For
Collectors. It comprises 25,000 printed maps up to 1850 and, because its
context is the thesis that maps are good investments, it 'gives every map's
current replacement value, from £50 to £6 million'. [No doubt Maphisters will
wish to draw up their own list of the £6 million = $9 million maps.]
My reason for mentioning it is not to promote what is essentially a
commercial exercise but to wonder what - as the first [sic] such work - it
might add to the long established Antique Map Price Record (AMPR), issued in
print since the early 1980s and in annual editions online since 2002. At a
current total of 133,000 records, this is almost three times the size of Map
World's new offering. Besides its commercial information, the AMPR is also a
valuable, and well illustrated, bibliographical resource.
http://www.finebooksmagazine.com/press/2010/05/antique-map-catalogue.phtml
http://map-world.com/antique-maps.html
http://www.maprecord.com/index.html
Tony Campbell
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