Old Dealer/Publisher Information Required
sealladh58
across
a couple of handwritten letters on headed notepaper with the address
"Collectors Research Limited, PO Box 111, Montreal, Quebec". They
are
signed by someone called "John" and almost certainly date to around
the period 1965-1967. A quick Google search only brings up the fact
that they published at least one book during that period.
Could anybody with a long memory let me have a brief background to
Collectors Research and even hazard a guess as to who "John" might
be? His expertise centres around Middle Eastern coins.
Any help would be most appreciated.
Peter
Mr. Jaggers
The name I hear most often when questions about Middle Eastern coins arise
is that of Scott Cordry. Here's the scoop on him:
http://www.ha.com/common/info/press/default.php?ReleaseID=315
Another purveyor of the odd and curious is Allen Berman:
Good luck in your quest.
James
sealladh58
Collectors Research Limited of Montreal. However, I will continue
the search.
Peter
Mr. Jaggers
After I posted all that I realized that I should have suggested you contact
those two gentlemen, as there's a good chance they would know. But do
whatever makes sense to you.
James
sealladh58
> After I posted all that I realized that I should have suggested you contact
> those two gentlemen, as there's a good chance they would know. But do
> whatever makes sense to you.
>
> James
Thanks, I might contact them, as well as a couple of others I know who
may also be able to help.
Peter
cga...@cogeco.ca
Don't know if you are still looking but the John you are looking for is John Humphris. He used to work for CRL in the 1960s/70s (wrote Currency of Iraq, etc.) then moved to Sydney, Ohio where he worked for Coin World. He still lives in Sydney. I had started a CRL website (collectorsresearch.ca), took a break and will be getting back to it in 2016.
Cheryl Gaver
