Reducing research access to auction photos

[RWB]

As noted by a sharp-eyed poster to the PCGS boards, Stacks-Bowers has removed photos from some of its past auctions. I checked the Americana sale for 2011 and found just text and red Xs. [http://legacy.stacks.com/Auction/Archive]

 

Maybe this is temporary or possibly a response to copyright violations, but it certainly reduces the ability of collectors to examine a large sample of auctioned coins and related items. This especially impacts variety collectors and those who research odd-ball items.

 

Maybe the change is temporary – I hope so.

 

[BillJones]

When it comes to research, the Stacks - Bowers site can't hold a candle to the Heritage site. The Stacks' photos are better (at least the later ones are), but the site is not easy to navigate, at least from my "old guy - computer semi literate" point of view.

[RWB]

Bill,

I agree on the difficulty of finding info in the Stacks-Bowers archives. But they have a lot of ANR and older Stack's material that is available in no other place.

[TomB]

These images have been gone for a while, which is too bad.

[coinman_23885]

When it comes to research, the Stacks - Bowers site can't hold a candle to the Heritage site. Their photos are better (at least the later ones are), but the site is not easy to navigate, at least from my "old guy - computer semi literate" point of view.

 

I don't think it is you. I consider myself computer literate (having taken several classes including advanced computer programming), and the Stacks-Bowers site is a pain for me to navigate as well.

 

[e1cnr]

I think they switched them all over to the StacksBowers website - eventually companys close their website if they are not using that website anymore.

 

new merged website

 

Is there a specific lot you are looking for, or just a general person_without_enough_empathy?

 

 

edit to add that they seem to change the 5 letter female dog word

[RWB]

This is also on the list of multiple Stack's sites.

 

http://prior.stacks.com/

 

I wasn't looking for anything specific right now, but who knows about the future. Many others might want historical auction info, and cannot find it.

[World Colonial]

From my personal experience, I consider Heritage the only site I use that is easy to navigate. It must be the organization of their database.