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There was an American dealer who attempted one of these in the mid 1990s. He was out of the trade within a few years and I suspect that, in retrospect, he found the memorialization of his prognostications to be more embarrassment than proud legacy. (PLEASE NOTE OUR NEW ADDRESS BELOW -- STARTING OCTOBER 26, 2009) Barry Ruderman Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc. 7463 Girard Avenue La Jolla, CA 92037 (USA) [email protected] www.RareMaps.com (858) 551-8500 Member: Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America International League of Antiquarian Booksellers Gallery Hours: Monday to Friday 9am to 4pm Weekends & Evenings By Appointment ----- Original Message ----- From: "GEORGE RITZLIN" <[email protected]> To: "Discussion group for map history" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 1:22:35 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: Re: [MapHist] A new antique map price guide This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + 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 ----- Original Message ----- From: Joel Kovarsky To: Discussion group for map history Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 6:10 AM Subject: Re: [MapHist] A new antique map price guide This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + 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: This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + 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 [email protected] ** extract from: 'Latest News' - for the full story see the link above http://www.maphistory.info/newslatest.html [Note. 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