GEORGE FREDERICK KOLBE
FINE NUMISMATIC
BOOKS
Press Release ANS Library Chair Benefit Auction Sale August 19, 2004
The August 19, 2004 American Numismatic Society Library Chair Benefit auction sale catalogue is currently being printed. Any NBS members not on our mailing list can obtain a copy of the catalogue by sending $5.00, made payable to the American Numismatic Society, to George Frederick Kolbe, P. O. Drawer 3100, Crestline, CA 92325. Fifty lots are featured in the sale, covering a wide variety of topics; average lot value is slightly over $1,000. The catalogue is also accessible on our web site: www.numislit.com.
We would also like to announce that the English translation of Ernest Babelon's "Ancient Numismatics and Its History, Including a Critical Review of the Literature" has, after long last, been published by Kolbe & Spink. It remains the best, and only, comprehensive introduction to the history of ancient numismatics ever written. Hardbound copies of this 248 page book are available from us for $68.50 plus $5.00 shipping in USA; elsewhere $12.50 air mail or $6.50 surface mail. Further details are available on our web site.
2003 September 15