Autograph/Category -- The name of the historic figure or the certificate category.
Autograph -- The name of the historic figure for an autograph record.
Category -- The category of financial paper, if the record is a historic
document or Scripophily item. Some of the current categories include Aviation,
Automobiles, Banks, Communications, Historic, Mining, Oils, Pre-1800,
Railroads, and Sports.
Company/Document -- The name on the certificate, stock, or
bond (abbreviations : are often necessary); or in the case of documents that
defy brief descriptions the codes defined under the column "Type."
Year -- The year the certificate or document was signed.
"n.d." means "no date." In cases of clipped signatures and autographs,
they rarely have dates. 189_ or other date indicates not issued.
Uniss: unissued.
Est/Ask -- Estimated and Asked refer to the two terms used
by dealers to describe the price for which they expect to sell the item.
In the case of catalogs it is the asking price. When the price is a range
(ex: $225-$275), the average is shown (ex: $250).
Realized -- The price the item sold for in dollars.
Monetary conversion factors are shown in remarks. (Ex: 1£ = $1.455)
Comm -- Commission as a percentage which should be added to
the price realized to get the actual cost.
Cost -- The sum of the price realized and the commission.
Auction/Catalog -- The auction or catalog in which the item
was offered. Malone, Garrison, and Veissid are self-explanatory. R. M. Smythe
is reflected as "SM#" plus the auction number (Ex: 118) and
Winslow is "WINS#"[auction number].
- SM = R. M. Smythe & Co.
- WINS = Scott J. Winslow & Associates
- ERIK BOONE or BOONE[auction number or date]
- IAB = Internationale Auktionsgemeinschaft Berlin
- Barnes = Catherine Barnes
- SIG = Signature House
Item # -- The number of the item in the catalog, if it was numbered.
Date -- Year and month of the catalog or auction (YYMM).
Remarks -- Quotes come directly from the catalog and,
we feel, affect the price realized on the item. For example: "rare!"
or "one of a kind." POC(4) or POC(?) means four punch hole cancellations
in the signature. Just POC without the () means punch cancelled, but not in the
signature. Caveat - the database is not yet accurate or consistent with respect to POC.
Type:
- B - Bond
- S - Stock
- C - Certificate
- T - Transfer
- P - Preferred
- X - Exchange
- DS - Document signed
- LS - Letter signed
- CK - Check signed
- PS - Picture signed
- ADS - Autographed document signed
- ALS - Autographed letter signed
- MDS - Manuscript document signed
- TLS - Typed letter signed
Signed (How the document was signed):
- S - Signed (manuscript)
- n/a - Not an autograph item
- SO - Signed obverse (front)
- SV - Signed Verso (back)
- SS - Signed stub
- SP - Signed on stock power
- ST - Signed on transfer
- SPEC - Specimen
- I&SV - Issued to and signed on the verso
- I&SS - Issued to and signed on the stub
- I&SO/V - Issued to and signed both on the obverse and verso
- I&SV(3) - Issued to and signed three times (including verso)
- Proof - Proof
- U or unnissued - Not signed because it was not issued