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Posted March 11, 2012 I am a discoverer and preservationist of legendary and priceless, and often unrecognized and undervalued, sacred Mormon relics. My friends call me the “Indiana Jones” of Mormonism, seeking out things not quite equal to the Ark of the Covenant and the Holy Grail—but maybe like Joseph Smith’s own document file and his own copy of the Mormon scriptures, letters between Book of Mormon witnesses, a sun-stone from the Nauvoo temple, or paintings of Joseph Smith from life. I am a private collector and consultant and also responsible for buying $25 million in church library, archives, and museum holdings totaling 50,000 items. By 2012, I purchased 100 copies of the first edition Book of Mormon, 25 copies of the first Doctrine and Covenants, seven copies of the first Mormon hymn book, and four copies of the Book of Commandments; as well as hundreds of other books printed before 1844. Many of these I purchased on behalf of LDS friends in Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and California. I have been buying rare Mormon books for 30 years, had the world’s largest private collection for over 20 years, and have been buying books on this Mormonism.com site for 15 years. Although I do not hold myself out as a dealer, I acquire items for other high-end collectors; and freely advise both buyers and sellers on items valued $5,000 and up or older than 1880. If you are interested in either buying or selling an 1830 Book of Mormon, or any other rare edition of any Mormon scripture, sacred hymns, newspapers, or tracts printed before 1880, or any similar quality artwork or artifact, please call or email me for a consultation or evaluation at no cost to you. My collection strengths are the Joseph Smith family and Mormon origins (1816-1860), early Mormon gathering sites (New York, Missouri, Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Michigan), the first Mormon temples (Zion, Kirtland, and Nauvoo), Mormon scriptures and hymn books (1830-1871), Mormons in early news (1816-1856), the death of Joseph and Hyrum Smith (1844), Mormon presidential succession, (1844-1877), Mormons on the Great Lakes (1831-1856), graphic images of early Mormon scenes (1834-1904), early Mormon art (especially Sutcliffe Maudsley and David W. Rogers), and early Mormon b&w photography (1844-1930).
I am a responsible collector, paying generously and ethically for rare books, having them properly restored and conserved, and making my collection open to the public and viewable online. I am interested in faithfully preserving the cultural history of the early Mormons. This is my home page dedicated to the acquisition and conservation of rare Mormon books, art, artifacts, graphic images, and autograph documents—particularly high-end items, those valued at $5,000 and up, printed
during the first 50 years of Mormonism (1830-1880). I
created this site to discover more rarities with the help of people like you.
Even though my collection has been featured in all of the principal Utah newspapers,
referred to often by the Associated Press in articles
appearing in 500 newspapers, and covered in USA Today, few people know how to find me. I am hoping that this site will help.
John
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