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
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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