-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Video of a large collection of antique maps of Washington, DC that will be auctioned Thursday Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 16:15:08 -0400 From: Nikolas R. Schiller <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] All, I came across this today and I thought many of you would be interested in watching: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhR45azBI_s http://www.nbcwashington.com/around-town/events/Collector_Auctions_Antique_Maps_of_D_C__Washington_DC.html The NBC news segment narrated by Tom Sherwood shows numerous historic maps of Washington that are going to be auctioned off Thursday evening at Quinns Auction Galleries in Falls Church Virginia: http://www.quinnsauction.com/ Full Catalog: http://www.quinnsauction.com/pdf/compcatalog243.pdf I most enjoyed seeing a map that I digitally "updated" nearly 3 years ago for Google Maps: http://maps.google.com/gadgets/directory?synd=mpl&pid=mpl&url=http://nikolasschiller.com/gis/1880street_railway_mapplet.xml&output=html <http://maps.google.com/gadgets/directory?synd=mpl&pid=mpl&url=http://nikolasschiller.com/gis/1880street_railway_mapplet.xml&output=html> http://www.nikolasschiller.com/blog/index.php/archives/2007/09/14/1155/ Cheers, Nikolas Schiller Washington, DC http://nikolasschiller.com
