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Articles - February - 2013 Issue

Electronic Catalogues:  The Future Arrives

- by Bruce E. McKinney

Electronic Catalogues: part of the future

Electronic Catalogues: part of the future

This past year saw a remarkable shift to electronic catalogues as the field of collectible books, manuscripts, maps and ephemera continued to migrate from the printed catalogue that had been the workhorse of the field for most of 200 years to its electronic cousin, the eCatalogues that is rapidly proliferating.

If you find something of interest all links are live.
Sno User Catalogue Name Description URL Link Date Created View Items
1 Vic Zoschak, Jr. A Collective Catalogue from various dealers The Collective Returns Catalog Link Jan 29, 2013
2 Guy Heilenman Timothy Hughes Rare & Early Newspapers Catalogue 6: Fresh Materials Catalog Link Jan 29, 2013
3 Guy Heilenman b b Catalog Link Jan 29, 2013
4 Michael Buehler Boston Rare Maps Recent Acquisitions Catalog Link Jan 29, 2013
5 Jonathan Potter Jonathan Potter Recent Additions Catalog Link Jan 29, 2013
6 Michael Dawson Michael Dawson Collectible Photographs Catalog Link Jan 29, 2013
7 Laurens Hesselink Antiquariaat Forum Recent Acquisitions Catalog Link Jan 29, 2013
8 Seth Kaller Seth Kaller Collecting Lincoln and the Gettysburg Address Catalog Link Jan 29, 2013
9 Julian MacKenzie Shapero Rare Books The Winter Decorative Fair 2013 Catalog Link Jan 29, 2013
10 Eric Waschke The Wayfarers Bookshop 2013 Exploration, Travel and Voyages: Maps Catalog Link Jan 29, 2013
11 Simon Beattie Simon Beattie Selections for the California Book Fair Catalog Link Jan 29, 2013
12 Nick Trimming Daniel Crouch - Miami Map Fair 2013 A fair selection Catalog Link Jan 29, 2013
13 Fran Durako The Kelmscott Bookshop Books on Sale Catalog Link Jan 02, 2013
14 Thomas Goldwasser Thomas A. Goldwasser Catalogue 25 143 items, mostly literature, artist books, and association copies Catalog Link Dec 22, 2012
15 Joseph Baillargeon Restoration Books Special List 29 November Catalog Link Dec 13, 2012
16 Eric Waschke The Wayfarer's Bookshop Winter 2012 Exploration, Travel & Voyage Books - Part II Catalog Link Dec 12, 2012
17 Laurens Hesselink Antiquariaat Forum Recent Acquisitions Catalog Link Dec 10, 2012
18 Nick Trimming Daniel Crouch Rare Books Curiosities Catalog Link Dec 07, 2012
19 Seth Kaller Seth Kaller, Inc Great Gifts ... just in time for the holidays Catalog Link Dec 06, 2012
20 Jonathan Potter Jonathan Potter Limited Gift Maps under BPS 250.- Catalog Link Dec 06, 2012
21 Lorne Bair Lorne Bair Rare Books Catalog 15: Graphic, Posters & Original Artworks Catalog Link Dec 04, 2012
22 Bernhard Lauser Voyager Press Travel Manuscripts with Travel Photographs Catalog Link Dec 04, 2012
23 Guy Heilenman Timothy Hughes Rare & Early Newspapers - Catalog 205 300+ Historic Newspapers... 1500's - Present... Abraham Lincoln, Nathan Hale, George Washington... Catalog Link Dec 03, 2012
24 Gabriel Boyers Schubertiade Music & Arts Holiday 2012 Catalogue Catalog Link Dec 02, 2012
25 Fran Durako Kelmscott Bookshop In the News [all links are live!] Catalog Link Dec 01, 2012
26 John Windle John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller: Catalogue 50 Selections for the Discerning Catalog Link Dec 01, 2012

Rare Book Monthly

  • <b><center>Sotheby’s<br>Year in Review</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Year in Review
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
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    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1775 Map of Virginia, Fry and Jefferson, ex-John Tyler. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Albrecht Durer Engraving, The Peasant Couple at Market. $3,400 to $3,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1777 Map: Wm. Faden, British Colonies in N. America, ex. John Tyler. $2,000 to $2,400.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 30 Vols. George Eliot 1st Editions; Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Deronda, etc. $1,400 to $1,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Celestial Floor Globe c. 1800. $1,400 to $1,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Lewis Carroll: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1866 London MacMillan. $900 to $1,200.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: President Andrew Jackson Signed Patent, 1831. $1,000 to $1,200.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Civil War Tintype of Calvin “Old Ballie” Walker, CSA 3rd TN Infantry, KIA, plus 3 Union Images. $800 to $1,000.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1855 Georgia Pocket Map, W. G. Bonner. $800 to $1,000.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Audubon c. 1835 Birds of America Common Cormorant, Havell Edition. $800 to $900.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: George Eliot, Middlemarch, 1st Edition in 8 Volumes. $600 to $800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Four NASA Moon Survey Photos; 144M, 148M, 149M, 149H1. $400 to $600.

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