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Total JJ/CS
This column shows the results of a much smaller study I did recently taken from some old Christian and Stone mail bid lists, and some old Johnson and Jensen catalogs. The results of this study are much smaller, and thus should not be given as much credibility as the "Grand Total" column. Never the less, maybe they can help to verify the previous study.
The catalogs that were looked at were as follows:
- Johnson and Jensen: 18 catalogs from 1978 to 1983
- Christian and Stone: 38 lists from 1964 to 1971
The grading in these two groups of catalogs was not only quite a bit different from later auction catalogs, but quite a bit different from each other. However, grading is of no concern here being that we are only looking at totals. Of much bigger concern and aggravation were considerable numbers of pieces in the Christian and Stone listings that were placed in subsequent listings if they did not sell, especially from one particular "consigner". I painstakingly went through the sales lists to eliminate the same pieces that were put up for sale again and again and again, sometimes years later. The repeat sales were so bad that I finally gave up at the June 1971 catalog. This wasn't a real concern with the Johnson and Jensen catalogs.
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