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[Joaquim Callen]

Dear gold collector and/or dealer

We are preparing a book about gold, the name of the book will be “Gold for Collectors”. It will have about 300 pages and be in a large format: 23x32 cm., very high quality paper, printing, binding, photos and text. In the attached slide presentation you can see some of the photos from the book.

We will print 2000 copies in the standard edition, we will also print a special luxury edition, leather binding, numbered for bibliophiles consisting of only 30 copies.

We already have a lot of photos and we are working in the text. If you have any interesting gold specimen that you consider suitable for this book, please contact us. We can take photos of your pieces during the 2013 Tucson Show, we will be in the Tucson City Center Hotel (former Inn Suites), our room will be number 506. You can contact us in our room or also contact us via the “Jungle Buyer” (Alejandro Stern's room 245).

You can also help with the book by sponsoring pages. Ask us how.

See you soon in Tucson!

Joaquim Callén
P.S.: I can also travel to take photos of gold in your collection.

To see it click on the image or in this link and you will access to the PPS with all the images

[Jordi Fabre]

The baby has arrived! ;-)
https://www.mineral-forum.com/message-board/viewtopic.php?p=42179#42179

[Max Merlo]

Dear FMF,

I'm looking for a a copy of this book,
there is some hope?

Thanks for any idea

Max

[Jordi Fabre]

After checking with the author, Joaquim Callén, the people who can have it for sale (if they have not finished it) are:

Gloria Staebler - Lithographie
Wayne and Dona Leicht
Ian Bruce
Lapis
Louis-Dominique Bayle - Le Règne Minéral

[Max Merlo]

Thank you Jordi,
I will follow your suggestions, in Europe first, because of shipping/duty cost.

Best Regards,
Max

[Peter Lemkin]

[Jordi Fabre]

This is how things are now:

The second edition is in process. The Callen's are working in a second edition currently. It will have a different and more scientific approach but plenty of images. Pieces that came out at the first edition but from a different vision and new images of everything new that has come out in that time.
Of course, it will be perfectly well bound. If anyone has the first book in poor condition and takes it to Tucson the Callen's will try to correct it right there.

And here you have a note of Dona Leicht:

[Max Merlo]

Thanks Jordi for this information.

Considering the problems of the first edition it would be better to wait for the release of the new one, which if I have not misunderstood it should take place in time for Tucson 2022, not a long waiting, now.

Is the number of copies already scheduled? Is like the first edition?

Max