Guide to the Auction Catalogs Collection
Preliminary arrangement and description by D. Tambo
Department of Special Collections
Davidson Library
University of California, Santa Barbara
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Guide to the Auction Catalogs Collection, 1938-1990
Collection number: Mss 104
Department of Special Collections
Davidson Library
University of California, Santa Barbara
- Processed by:
- D. Tambo
- Date Completed:
- Apr. 11, 2000
- Encoded by:
- A. Demeter
© 2012 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Auction Catalogs Collection
Dates: 1938-1990
Collection number: Mss 104
Collection Size:
ca. 33.75 linear feet
(27 boxes).
Repository:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Dept. of Special Collections
Abstract: Printed catalogs of book auctions, mainly for Sotheby's, ca. 1938-1990.
Physical location: SRLF.
Languages:
English
Access Restrictions
Collection is stored off-site; advance notice required for retrieval.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
Preferred Citation
Auction Catalogs Collection. Mss 104. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa
Barbara.
Acquisition Information
Purchase, ca. 1938-1990.
Scope and Content of Collection
Printed catalogs of book auctions, mainly for Sotheby's, ca. 1938-1990. Arranged chronologically by company.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Auction catalogs.
Parke-Bernet Galleries
Sotheby & Co. (London, England)
Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co.
Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc.
Sotheby's (Firm)
Sotheby, Parke-Bernet Los Angeles
Sotheby Parke Bernet GmbH (Munich, Germany)
Sotheby Parke Bernet Monaco S.A.
Sotheby Parke Bernet Italia
Sotheby Parke Bernet, A.G. (Zürich, Switzerland)
Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co. (Glasgow, Scotland)
Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc.
Box 11
1956-Dec. 1961;
Dec. 1965-Apr. 1967
(scattered issues)
Sotheby, Parke-Bernet & Co. (London)
Box 24
June 1980-June 1985
(scattered issues)
Sotheby, Parke-Bernet & Co. (Los Angeles)
Sotheby, Parke-Bernet & Co. (New York)
Box 26
Mar. 1972-Apr. 1980
(scattered issues)
Box 27
Apr. 1980-June 1990
(scattered issues)
Sotheby, Parke-Bernet & Co. (Other - Florence, Glasgow, Liechtenstein, Milan, Monte Carlo, Munchen, Zurich)
Box 27
1975-1981
(scattered issues)
