Can a coin ever be as lovingly described as a fine numismatic volume?
Longacre
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As I write these words, I am taking a brief respite from barking out orders at the staff, and perusing the David Sklow Fine Numismatic Books auction catalog. My eye was immediately drawn to a particular description of a volume in the auction, which deserves a (slightly edited) copy-paste below:
“…original full green morocco, detailed in ornate gilt, five raised spin hubs, title, author, and publisher in gilt, top edges gilt, 63mm bronze medallion on the face of the cover…this full leather limited edition has a limitation page at the front [in fountain ink]; set in Linotype Granjon with hand-set headings in Typo-script, paper is Laid China White Vellum…”
Can a coin ever be as lovingly described as a fine numismatic book? Is Dentuck in a frothy frenzy, trying to determine the lot number to try to outbid Longacre (for the record, Longacre instructed Consuelo to pull a Statue of Liberty at the auction).
“…original full green morocco, detailed in ornate gilt, five raised spin hubs, title, author, and publisher in gilt, top edges gilt, 63mm bronze medallion on the face of the cover…this full leather limited edition has a limitation page at the front [in fountain ink]; set in Linotype Granjon with hand-set headings in Typo-script, paper is Laid China White Vellum…”
Can a coin ever be as lovingly described as a fine numismatic book? Is Dentuck in a frothy frenzy, trying to determine the lot number to try to outbid Longacre (for the record, Longacre instructed Consuelo to pull a Statue of Liberty at the auction).
Always took candy from strangers
Didn't wanna get me no trade
Never want to be like papa
Working for the boss every night and day
--"Happy", by the Rolling Stones (1972)
Didn't wanna get me no trade
Never want to be like papa
Working for the boss every night and day
--"Happy", by the Rolling Stones (1972)
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RMR: 'Wer, wenn ich schriee, hörte mich denn aus der Engel Ordnungen?'
CJ: 'No one!' [Ain't no angels in the coin biz]
Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars • Variety Attribution
But to answer the OP, you can froth up the flowery language and make one sound like the other easily enough.
On a side note, I am happy to note that the obsession with condition and top pops in the comic book field has not crossed over into the numismatic literature field.
an impressive $1,100 at the August 2012 Numismatic Bibliomania Society
charity auction held in historic Philadelphia, our nation's first capital?
More details yonder --->
<< <i>Not a chance. A coin that nice would sell itself. >>
At least it should