GEORGE FREDERICK KOLBE
FINE NUMISMATIC
BOOKS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
April 22, 2006
Announcing Auction Sale 100 - Parts One to Four: On Saturday,
June 3, 2006, George Frederick Kolbe/Fine Numismatic Books will
conduct their one hundredth auction sale, issued in four catalogues,
at the Long Beach Coin and Collectibles Expo. Each catalogue may
be ordered by sending $15.00 to Kolbe at P. O. Drawer 3100, Crestline,
CA 92325, or copies of all four catalogues may be obtained by
sending $25.00. The catalogues are also accessible free of charge
at the firm’s web site (www.numislit.com). Details of each
sale follow.
Auction Sale 100 - Part One: One hundred lots on various topics, including: a remarkably fine copy of Ricaud de Tiregale’s superbly produced 1772 work on Russian medals; Pope Innocent XI’s superb large paper copy of Claud du Molinet’s classic 1679 work on Papal medals; W. W. C. Wilson’s Deluxe Edition of the classic 1913 Adams-Woodin work on United States pattern coins; a collection of autographs of over 40 early American Numismatic Association members; a handsome early edition of the first numismatic book, printed in 1524; an exceptionally fine set of Conbrouse’s classic catalogue of “Monnaies Nationale de France”; an extremely rare 1820 work by William Congreve on methods to prevent counterfeiting of bank notes; an exceptionally fine 1875 “Nova Constellatio” edition of Crosby’s classic work on American colonial coins; an 1867 photographic record of the medals of David d’Angers; a very fine leather-bound set of Habich’s massive work on German Renaissance medals; one of only five large paper copies of the first substantial work on American coins; Edward T. Newell’s annotated personal copies of several of his most important works on Greek coins; a charming early nineteenth century illustrated manuscript on Portuguese coins; a very fine example of one of only twenty-three copies of the 1916 edition of Pye/Waters on 18th century British tokens; classic works on Napoleonic medals; important original letters by James Ross and A. Loudon Snowden; a very fine original set of Corpus Nummorum Italicorum; etc.
Auction Sale 100 - Part Two: Part I of the extensive American numismatic library formed by Alan Meghrig. Included is a complete set of the American Journal of Numismatics, each volume individually bound; perhaps the first published photograph of American coins, depicting colonial coins in the collection of Dr. Charles Clay; Dr. French’s extensively annotated copy of the 1883 Andrews work on large cents; a very fine 1923 edition of S. H. Chapman’s work on 1794 cents; an original 1892 Dr. Hall work on Connecticut coppers; a rare illustrated 1856 article on the San Francisco Mint; Copy No. 1, signed, of Newcomb’s work on 1801, 1802, and 1803 cents; a fine copy of the rare 1870 edition of the Maris work on 1794 cents; sets of The Numismatist, Mehl’s Numismatic Monthly, and Scott’s Coin Collector’s Journal; Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte’s inscribed set of Loubat’s “Medallic History”; etc.
Auction Sale 100 - Part Three: Attinelliana, the remarkable collection of rare early American numismatic publications and broadsides formed by John W. Adams. Highlights include an original 1876 edition of Attinelli's Numisgraphics; the 1851 Philadelphia auction catalogue of the Roper Collection, the "First All-Coin US Sale"; eighteen pre-1860 coin sales; over two hundred coin sales, 1860-1874, including many extremely rare Broadsides; a number of catalogues and other works unrecorded in Attinelli; the 1807 Library Company of Philadelphia Catalogue, including a "Catalogue of Medals and Coins" in their collection; the first San Francisco coin auction; a very fine set of Mason's Coin and Stamp Collectors' Magazine, 1867-1872; and many other desirable early American numismatic publications.
Auction Sale 100 - Part Four: Twenty-five notable lots
on various topics, including: a superbly bound set of the first
four large format Chapman Brother Auction Sales issues with plates,
ex Harry W. Bass, Jr. Library; B. Max Mehl's own Deluxe Leatherbound
Edition of the famous 1941 William F. Dunham Auction Sale Catalogue;
an unusually nice 1870s United States Treasury Department "Vignette
Book," containing over 140 superb bank note engravings executed
by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing; the Hess Library set
of Henry Cohen's great eight volume work on Coins of the Roman
Empire; a fine attractive set of the preferred 1732-1737 French
edition of van Loon's magnum opus on Dutch and European Medals;
etc.
The firm may be contacted at P. O. Drawer 3100, Crestline, CA 92325; by telephone at 909-338-6527; or by email at GFK@numislit.com. Those interested are also invited to visit Kolbe’s web site (www.numislit.com).