[SCC_Active_Members] FW: [DIGLIB] Origins of Cyberspace Library to be sold atChristie's, New York on February 23

[Henry Lowood]

John, et al.,

as promised, here is the announcement at last (attached), from Christie's.

Henry

At 07:19 PM 1/30/2005 -0800, John Toole wrote:
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>The Museum is well aware of the auction, and the very expensive prices 
>being asked.   There are some interesting items, although some can be 
>found elsewhere as well..
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>--John
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>From: scc_active-bounces at computerhistory.org 
>[mailto:scc_active-bounces at computerhistory.org] On Behalf Of H.M. Gladney
>Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 10:22 AM
>To: SCC at CHM
>Subject: [SCC_Active_Members] FW: [DIGLIB] Origins of Cyberspace Library 
>to be sold atChristie's, New York on February 23
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>I actually intended to send this to the SCC listserv.   Apologies for 
>double sending to those who are receiving this twice.
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>Of high interest to CHM, especially the auction catalogue.  Pricey stuff.
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>Among other applications, this catalog might be useful for market value 
>estimates (e.g., insurance purposes).
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>Cheerio, HMG
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>From: Jeremy Norman [mailto:jnorman at marincounty.net]
>Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2005 7:43 AM
>To: diglib at infoserv.inist.fr
>Subject: [DIGLIB] Origins of Cyberspace Library to be sold at Christie's, 
>New York on February 23
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>My library of rare publications, manuscripts, prints, and artifacts on the 
>origins of digital information will be sold at Christie s in New York on 
>February 23. This sale of classics on the history of computing, 
>data-networking, and telecommunications documents the scientific and 
>technological origins of the Internet. In 2002 Diana H. Hook and I 
>published a descriptive, annotated bibliography on this collection 
>entitled Origins of Cyberspace: A Library on the History of Computing, 
>Networking, and Telecommunications.
>
>Here is the link to Christie's website for auction of the Origins of 
>Cyberspace Library on February 23rd: 
><http://www.christies.com/promos/feb05/1484/overview.asp>http://www.christies.com/promos/feb05/1484/overview.asp. 
>The auction catalogue is now online at Christie s website.
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>See additional information at 
><http://www.historyofscience.com>http://www.historyofscience.com. >From my 
>website you can download PDFs of our bibliography which describes the 
>collection in more detail than the auction catalogue.
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>
>Jeremy Norman
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Henry Lowood, Ph.D.
Curator for History of Science & Technology Collections
Curator for Germanic Collections
HASRC, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford CA 94305-6004
EMAIL: lowood at stanford.edu    PH: 650-723-4602
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