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Subject: Re: WWII silk maps
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 10:23:09 -0400
From: Joel Kovarsky <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
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There is another nice article online, by Barbara Bond, from a 1983 issue
of _The Map Collector_:
http://www.kunstpedia.com/PDFArticles/Maps%20Printed%20on%20Silk.pdf .
These are not that expensive, and some of the online offerings are
actually post-WWII (Cold War era) maps. While this might be better
posted to MapHist, there are not, to my knowledge, any centralized
pricing vehicles (such as www.maprecord.com) that show many of these
titles, since they are late by antiquarian standards. You can find them
scattered in a variety of places, including eBay, but prices do not
often exceed $40-50 (I'm sure there are exceptions), and frequently are
less.
The maps are not just British: http://www.escape-maps.com/ (tied to the
site you link in the original message).
Joel Kovarsky
On 4/21/2010 9:52 AM, Angie Cope wrote:
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> Subject: WWII silk maps
> Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:50:12 -0500
> From: Coombs, James <[log in to unmask]>
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> I was contacted by a fellow who wanted to know the value of two WWII
> British silk escape maps he discovered in his parent's attic. I was
> under the impression that these things were quite rare and valuable,
> but after searching the internet, I've learned they are apparently
> quite common. I found a great history of them here:
> http://www.escape-maps.com/history_of_wwii_british_cloth_escape_maps.htm,
> but I did not find a good source for determining the monetary value of
> specific maps. Do any of you out there in Maps-L land have experience
> / knowledge about these maps you can share?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim
>
>
> Jim Coombs
> Map Librarian
> Duane G Meyer Library
> Missouri State University
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