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Correct Jeremy I think David's work was a work of great insight, which reported sensibly without pretending to interpret the data. Price forecasting is a cul de sac of calamity. Barry Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -----Original Message----- From: Jeremy Pool <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 09:26:49 To: Discussion group for map history<[email protected]> 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 + I suspect that Barry was not referring to David Jolly, but rather to K.A. Sheets, whose "American Maps 1795-1895 - A Guide to Values" was published in 1994. -- Jeremy On 5/13/2010 4:53 AM, Francis Herbert 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 + > > > Barry, > > Are you referring to David Jolly? His pioneering work is continued by > Jeremy Pool. [No need of reply] > > Francis > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Barry L. Ruderman > Sent: 13 May 2010 07:09 > To: Discussion group for map history > Subject: Re: [MapHist] A new antique map price guide > > 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 > > ----- 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 > > 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 > > 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: > > 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.pht > ml > 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. Most news entries are NOT posted to MapHist] > >_______________________________________________ > MapHist: E-mail discussion group on the history of cartography > hosted by the Faculty of Geosciences, University of Utrecht. > The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of > the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the University of > Utrecht. 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