GEORGE FREDERICK KOLBE
FINE NUMISMATIC
BOOKS
Sale 97.
August 18, 2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
On September 29, George Frederick Kolbe/Fine Numismatic Books
will conduct their 97th sale of rare and important works on numismatics.
The sale features selections from the Vladimir and Elvira Clain-Stefanelli
Library and other properties. Included are key works on ancient
numismatics, books and sale catalogues on a wide variety of medieval
and modern numismatic topics, important European numismatic periodicals,
and a number of interesting and unusual titles on various aspects
of American numismatics, some of them rarely offered. Some of
the more interesting and important items to be sold in the sale
include: twenty-eight of the first thirty-one volumes of "Zeitschrift
für Numismatik"; Mint Director A. L. Snowden's copy
of Johnson's rare work on Bolen medals; Babelon's "Inventaire
Sommaire de la Collection Waddington"; Amon Carter's Deluxe
Dunham sale catalogue featuring correspondence on Carter's purchase
of the Dunham 1822 half eagle; Gielow on Zankle; a complete set
of Mionnet; several lots of important
offprints from the Clain-Stefanelli Library; the Trésor
de Numismatique on French Revolutionary medals; Henry Chapman's
sales room copy of the important 1912 Fenerly Bey auction sale
of ancient coins held in Vienna; Virgil Brand's copy of Crosby's
1897 work on 1793 cents; a very fine example of Stack's Galleries'
1952 Sobernheim sale; a number of works on American and world
paper money; and much more. The catalogue may be viewed at the
firm's web site: www.numislit.com, or printed catalogues may be
obtained by sending $15.00 to George Frederick Kolbe, P. O. Drawer
3100, Crestline, CA 92325. Consignments are currently being accepted
for Kolbe's November 2005 and March 2006 auction sales. Those
interested are invited to write Kolbe or to call at (909) 338-6527.
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