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SCIPIO: Art and Rare Book Sales Catalogs
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- Description
- SCIPIO: Art and Rare Books Sales Catalogs is a citation database of art
auction sales catalogs published by well and lesser-known auction houses. The records contained
within SCIPIO are compiled by more than two dozen contributing institutions, including the
Art Institute of Chicago, the Frick Art Reference Library, the Getty Research Institute, the
Pierpont Morgan Library, and others. The records contained within SCIPIO are citations
for specific auction catalogs. These citations include the dates of sale and the sale
location, the catalog title, the auction house, the sellers, and the institution that holds
the catalog. Occasionally additional notes are present. This database provides bibliographic
access to auction sales catalogs from all major North American and European auction houses as well
as private sales. SCIPIO is searchable by keyword, auction house, title word, seller or
subject word, date of sale, and sale code. It is important to note that only the citation, as
opposed to the content, of the auction catalog is available through SCIPIO. Sales prices
are not available. The pull down menu of the citation indicates which contributing institutions own
the catalog in question. In order to see if the Rutgers Libraries own a particular auction catalog,
consult IRIS, or see the Art Library's
auction catalog finding aid.
- Help
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For help using this index see:
How Do I Use SCIPIO: Art and Rare Book Sales Catalogs?
Also see the button with a question mark "?" in the upper-left hand corner of the SCIPIO
screen.
- For help using these indexes see: How do I find an article on my
topic?
- Dates covered
- Mostly 20th and 21st century, some entries going back to 1599.
- Updating frequency
- Daily.
- Sources
- The member institutions are listed within SCIPIO under "contributing libraries."
- Type of coverage
- Citation with notes.
- Print Counterpart or related resources
- None.
- Producer/content provider
- OCLC
- Vendor/electronic presentation provider
- OCLC
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