GEORGE FREDERICK KOLBE
FINE NUMISMATIC
BOOKS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 20, 2007
Auction Sale 103: On June 7, 2007 George Frederick Kolbe/Fine Numismatic Books will conduct their 103rd auction of rare and out of print numismatic literature, featuring the second part of the Alan M. Meghrig Library and a large selection of classic 19th and early 20th century American coin auction catalogues, many from the library of John J. Ford, Jr. Printed catalogues will be available in early May and can be ordered by sending $15.00 to Kolbe at P. O. Drawer 3100, Crestline, CA 92325. The 770 lot catalogue is also currently accessible free of charge at the firm’s web site (www.numislit.com).
Some sale highlights follow: one of only six sets of superb
color photographs depicting the magnificent Clifford-Kagin collection
of Pioneer & Territorial Gold Coins; an annotated copy of
Miller & Ryder’s 1920 “State Coinages of New England,”
including correspondence between Howard Kurth and John Richardson;
an exceptionally fine set of Davenport’s classic works on
crowns and talers; original 1875 and 1878 editions of Crosby’s
“Early Coins of America”; Dr. George P. French’s
annotated copy of Doughty’s 1890 “Cents of the United
States”; David Proskey’s “Sales Room” copy
of the ill-fated 1887 Linderman sale of
patterns; preliminary proofs of Gilbert’s 1910 plates of
1794 large cents; F. C. C. Boyd’s annotated copies of four
Grinnell paper money sales; the first thirteen hard-bound George
Frederick Kolbe auction sale catalogues; an original 1869 edition
of Dr. Maris’s classic work on 1794 large cents; a complete,
very fine set of Wayte Raymond’s “Coin Collector’s
Journal”; runs of Chapman brother, Barney Bluestone, Thomas
Elder, Ed. Frossard, and M. H. Bolender auction sales; over a
dozen hardbound Kagin’s auction catalogues presented to John
J. Ford, Jr.; some 165 different Lyman Low auction sales; etc.