We at the Diebenkorn catalogue raisonné project have roughly 500 object records which include this info. We enter auction details this way – hopefully our listserv will allow my attached jpeg which provides a screenshot– and it displays perfectly in our custom Crystal report.
However, I have not yet been successful at searching for this data by date or lot number. Adv Query>Ex-Collection Related Constituents>Display Date looks promising but I have never found it to succeed at a search for this data (even “contains” or “equal to” with the exact data at hand). Our workaround is to create a biblio record for the auction catalogue, give it a call number with auction date like “Sotheby’s 06-3-2” and then go to the related objects if I’m in pursuit of one object record in particular.
Andrea Liguori
Research Associate
Richard Diebenkorn Catalogue Raisonné
510 655 3869 tel
510 653 2640 fax
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Subject: tracking auction records
Does anyone use TMS to
keep track of auction records for individual pieces?
If you do, I'm interested in finding out where you record this
data.
Many thanks!