GEORGE FREDERICK KOLBE
FINE NUMISMATIC
BOOKS
Sale 96 John J. Ford, Jr. Part II
April 28, 2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The second part of the John J. Ford, Jr. American Numismatic
Library will be sold at public and mail bid auction on June 4
& 6, 2005. At the same time, the outstanding Craig and Ruanne
Smith Library will be sold. Two hundred lots from the Smith Library
and four hundred lots from the Ford Library will be sold publicly
at the Long Beach Coin & Collectibles Expo on Saturday, June
4th, starting at 2:00 PM. The remaining lots from both libraries
will be sold via mail bid auction on June 6th. The Ford sale is
being held in association with the New York coin firm Stack’s.
Illustrated copies of both catalogues may be ordered by sending
$35.00 to George Frederick Kolbe, Fine Numismatic Books, P. O.
Drawer 3100, Crestline, CA 92325. The catalogue is also accessible
at the firm’s web site: www.numislit.com.
The estimates of the 1,150 lots in the two sales total nearly
one half million dollars. Many rare works on American, ancient,
and foreign numismatic topics are featured, among them: a superb
leather bound set of The Numismatist, 1888-1952, including the
first six original volumes from the library of the first A. N.
A. president; a remarkable American Bank Note Vignette Book featuring
76 superbly engraved plates, many comprising vignettes utilized
on South American bank notes; the first illustrated numismatic
book, Fulvio’s 1517 Illustrium Imagines; a complete, handsomely
bound set of the American Journal of Numismatics; a complete,
most attractive leather bound set of American Numismatic Society
Numismatic Notes and Monographs; a handsome leather bound set
of Ars Classica auction sale catalogues of ancient coins; two
American Bond Detectors, one being the rare leather bound edition;
a number of Chapman Brothers auction catalogues with original
photographic plates, along with a number of the firm’s unique
Bid Books; rare early works on counterfeit bank notes; a number
of classic works on Latin American coins and medals written by
José Medina; Colonel Green’s deluxe full morocco edition
of Browning’s classic 1925 work on quarter dollars; several
hardbound sets of classic 19th and 20th century American auction
sale catalogues originally in the George Fuld Library, including
the W. Elliot Woodward series; several rare Thomas Elder auction
catalogues with original photographic plates; fascinating and
historically important early correspondence written by Walter
Breen, John J. Ford, Jr., and other important American numismatists;
original photographic illustrations for New Netherlands Coin Company
auction sales; important Americana, including an extensive selection
of nineteenth century American Directories; eight remarkably fine
original copies of Crosby’s 1875 Early Coins of America,
including John Robinson’s superb Subscription Copy; a fine
hardbound set of B. Max Mehl auction sale catalogues and a set
of Mehl’s Numismatic Monthly; Edgar Adams’ plated Woodside
and other classic United States pattern coin sales; Ormsby’s
1852 Description of the Present System of Bank Note Engraving;
an original copy of Attinelli’s 1876 Numisgraphics; rare
works on printing medals; a very rare 1840 Brasseaux work on Napoleonic
medals; classic works on large cents and American colonial coins;
an 1850 Eckfeldt and Du Bois work featuring actual samples of
California ‘49er gold; Harry Bass’s annotated set of
Walter Breen monographs on United States gold coins; superb leather
bound works on various numismatic topics; ; important British
sale catalogues featuring content on American medals and coins;
and much more.
Those interested in learning more about these two sales or in
accessing the catalogues online may do so by visiting: www.numislit.com
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