GEORGE FREDERICK KOLBE
FINE NUMISMATIC
BOOKS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 10, 2008
GEORGE FREDERICK KOLBE AUCTION SALE 105: MARCH 20, 2008
On March 20, 2008 George Frederick Kolbe/Fine Numismatic Books will sell at auction the Numismatic Library of Dr. Dan Koppersmith, part three of the Alan M. Meghrig Library, further selections from the library of Bob Vail, and other notable properties.
Leading off the sale is the superb Koppersmith library, which includes a complete set of the Numismatic Chronicle, a complete run of the Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, standard works on ancient Greek coins in outstanding condition, and important auction sale catalogues featuring archaic and classical Greek coins. A nice consignment of works on British and American numismatics follows. It features a fine original set of Dalton and Hamer's Provincial Token-Coinage of the 18th Century, heavily annotated by a knowledgeable collector.
Complete sets of Barney Bluestone, New York Coin & Stamp Co., and J. C. Morgenthau sale catalogues are featured in the Bob Vail consignment, which also includes an extensive run of elusive United States Coin Company sales, among them a fine 1913 Malcolm Jackson sale with photographic plates. A consignment of rare and obscure nineteenth century tracts on American papermoney and banking follows, including works by William Gouge, Oliver Wolcott, Matthew Carey, Albert Gallatin, Martin Van Buren, William Fessenden, and others. The sale concludes with the third part of the Alan M. Meghrig library, featuring many unusual works on American numismatics.
Copies of the printed catalogue may be obtained by sending
$15.00 to George Frederick Kolbe, P. O. Box 3100, Crestline, CA
92325. Telephone: (909) 338-6527; Fax: (909) 338-6980; Email:
GFK@numislit.com. The catalogue will also be accessible free of
charge, several weeks before the sale, at the firm's web site:
www.numislit.com.