ANS Acquires Numismatically Important Mark Salton Papers
Katharine Conway, executor of the
Estate of Lottie Salton Revocable Trust the ANS Library and Archives has acquired about 20 cubic feet of
Mark Salton’s papers and annotated auction catalogs. This follows a bequest of $500,000 from his wife
Lottie to help sustain a chair for Medieval and Renaissance numismatics. I would also like to thank ANS Fellow
Normand Pepin for his help with the auction catalog portion of the accession.
Lottie and Mark Salton
Germany. His father,
Frankfurt in 1928, which was later moved to
Berlin. As the
Nazis gained power, and Jewish businesses came under increasing attack, Felix moved his family and his business to
American Numismatic Society Announces 2021 Virtual Gala in New York City
The
American Numismatic Society (ANS) is pleased to announce that on Thursday, January 14, 2021, it will hold its annual Gala celebration, virtually, in memory of benefactors
Mark and Lottie Salton. The Gala will be open, via
Zoom, to members of the Society and their guests.
The event will feature keynote speaker
Jacob Goldstein
Planet Money podcast, and author of the new book
Money: The True Story of a Made-Up Thing. The program will also feature a new video about the ANS and a presentation on the honorees by Dr.
Ira Rezak and Dr.