Old Mastro catalogs: is this the full run?

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Posted By: Howard W. Rosenberg

Thanks to a really nice person on this list, I have now seen eight Mastro catalogs that I had not seen before. However, I don't really know for sure what I haven't seen, and am curious if anyone who thinks they have a full run might be able to compare my list with theirs. I am also including the Sotheby's ones (with the one obvious gap of 1994). I am particularly curious about 19th-century-related items that have typically appeared in the public domain, such as in a catalog, just once. One of my most exciting moments, by the way, was seeing Anson's "better actor than any ballplayer, better ballplayer than any actor" letterhead in the 1991 Sotheby's catalog.

Thanks,
Howard W. Rosenberg
(703) 841-9523
e-mail: howieanson@yahoo.com

1991 Copeland Sotheby's
1992 Sotheby's
1993 Sotheby's
1999 Halper Sotheby’s
Nov. 1996 Mastro & Steinbach
March 1997 Mastro & Steinbach
Aug 1997 Mastro & Steinbach
November 1997 Mastro & Steinbach
March 1998 Mastro
July 1998 Mastro
Nov. 1998 Mastro
April 1999 Mastro
June 1999 Mastro
Nov. 1999 Mastro
March 2000 Mastro
May 2000 Mastro
July 2000 Robert Edward
Nov. 2000 Mastro
March 2001 Robert Edward
June 2001 Mastro
November 2001 Mastro
December 2001 Mastro
April 2002 Mastro
November 2002 Mastro
August 2003 Mastro
December 2003 Mastro
May 2004 Robert Edward
August 2004 Mastro
(December 2004 as listed on its Web site) Mastro

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Posted By: Aaron

You are missing (that I know of) the September 2000 MastroWest and the August 2001 Mastro catalogs.

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Posted By: Hal Lewis

Howard:

You realize, of course, that all of us will now be counting on YOU for the provenance of every vintage item that ever appears up for auction!!!

You could do us all a great service by being the "board historian" whenever these auctions come up.

Think how much "demand" there will be for your services if you can report:

"The Old Judge McPhee card that is currently on Ebay is the same one that was sold ungraded in the 1998 Mastro spring auction for $2,000, and then sold again after being slabbed by SGC in the 2000 Mastro auction for $5,000."

How cool would that be?

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Posted By: Howard W. Rosenberg

Well, while I would be glad to help out, I can clarify that of the 28 catalogs I listed, I possess a grand total of six (three Sothebys and three Robert Edward Auctions).

Of the other 22:

I saw nine via roundtrip mail through my Network54 list benefactor.

I saw eight on their way to cataloging at the Library of Congress.

I saw five in Library of Congress's permanent collection.

Sorry to spring this news just two days before Christmas (and nine days after Chanukah)!