GEORGE FREDERICK KOLBE
FINE NUMISMATIC
BOOKS
For Immediate Release
Auction Sale 99: On March 9, 2006, George Frederick Kolbe/Fine Numismatic Books will conduct their 99th sale of rare and out of print numismatic literature. Featured are 705 lots on a great variety of topics. Catalogues may be ordered by sending $15.00 to Kolbe at P. O. Drawer 3100, Crestline, CA 92325 or the catalogue is accessible free of charge at the firm’s web site (www.numislit.com).
Some sale highlights include: American business directories, among them Disturnell’s 1881 Arizona Directory, Hawes’ 1859 Ohio State Gazetteer, and Campbell’s 1854 Southern Directory; a fine original set of Gnecchi’s monumental I Medaglioni Romani, from the Adolph Hess Library; Voetter’s rare 1903 Sammlung Bachofen von Echt; an interleaved 1913 Adams-Woodin on U. S. pattern coins; Dr. Beckwith’s photographic Würtzbach Album of Massachusetts Colonial Silver; William Butler Yeats’ elusive work on Irish Free State coins; a complete set of printed Münzen und Medaillen fixed price lists; the first Toronto coin auction sale; Q. David Bowers’ first numismatic publication; a large selection of Chapman brother and B. Max Mehl auction sales, including two unique Chapman bid books; a collection of rarely seen publications on “The Silver Question”; a complete set of Davenport works on crowns and talers; the monumental 1913 Tolstoi collection of Russian coins; plated Thomas Elder catalogues of the 1908 Gschwend and Wilson sales; a very fine first edition/first issue Red Book and three very fine fifth editions; Zelada’s 1778 catalogue of Aes Grave in the Cardinal de Zelada collection; A. C. Kline’s rare 1869 Simms Catalogue; fascinating nineteenth & twentieth century original American numismatic correspondence; a special leather-bound edition of C. Wyllys Betts’ landmark 1894 American Colonial History Illustrated by Contemporary Medals; George Marshall’s Elusive 1837 work on British silver coins, annotated throughout by Richard Hoblyn and presented to George Wakeford; and many other interesting and important works.
Auction Sale 100 Announcement: In June 2006, the firm will conduct their one hundredth auction sale and plans are being formulated to make it a memorable event. Consignments of exceptional quality are currently being accepted for the sale. 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).