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Posted By: Max

The listing of the Spalding inventory poses some interesting questions for the unique items that were donated by Spalding and are now no longer in the library's collection. Do the major auction houses do any search of title or provenance? Have any of the missing items shown up at auction? The inventory is at http://catnyp.nypl.org/record=b2669595

I note that Harry Wright scorebooks 1883-1892 are listed. Hopefully Barry can advise on what is missing from the Spalding collection, because for auction purposes, bidders need to know that they aren't buying items that belong to someone else (NYPL). Given the recent spate of Harry Wright scorebooks that have been auctioned, this might prove interesting research.

Max