Included within are: CATALOGUE OF THE CELEBRATED AND VALUABLE COLLECTION OF AMERICAN COINS AND MEDALS OF THE LATE CHARLES I. BUSHNELL, ESQ., OF NEW YORK. New York: Bangs & Co., June 20–24, 1882. 142, (2), 10, (2) pages; 3000 lots; 12 fine collotype plates with original tissue guards; prices realized list..... More
Monte Carlo & New York: 28–29 avril 2000; 29 avril 2000; and 23 May 2000. The complete set of three sale catalogues. All 4to, original pictorial card covers; housed in original decorative slipcase. 322 + 326 + 236 pages; 379 + 143 lots; beautifully illustrated in color throughout with many..... More
London: October 13, 1964. 8vo, original printed card covers. 28, (2), (2) pages; 177 lots; 4 fine plates. Original printed prices realized list, with buyers’ names, laid in. Fine. A very scarce catalogue, offering a group of exceptional 1794 United States large cents and 1794–1795 silver coins (including two mint..... More
Philadelphia: 1863. 8vo, original printed paper covers. (4) pages; (77) lots; printed prices realized. Fine. Adams 1. The important 1863 printing of Edward Cogan’s first sale. As Adams explains (page 18), “The first four sales in the Cogan series are not catalogs in the standard sense; rather they are later....... More
Paris: Florange & Ciani, 1927. 4to, original printed card covers. 14, (2), (4), 121, (1) pages; 1754 lots. Unopened. Fine. An important work on the paper money of Russia during this pivotal period of its history. The main work is preceded by an extract, "La monnaie de nècessitè en Russie,"..... More
Columbus: 2008–2009. Three catalogues bound in one volume. 8vo, original green faux leather; front cover paneled in double blind fillets with floral lozenges in corners, gilt impressions of the George F. Kolbe Fine Numismatic Books logo and the David F. Fanning Numismatic Literature logo surrounded by triple gilt fillets; rear..... More
Paris: 11-14 juin 1900. 8vo, contemporary black cloth and boards, gilt; original printed wraps bound in; decorative endpapers. (6), 89, (3) pages; 2738 lots; 4 fine plates. Light general wear. Very good or better. A significant sale of French coins from the Gauls to the 19th century, strongest in the..... More
London: Oct. 30, 1968. 8vo, original printed card covers. 24 pages; 314 lots; 6 fine plates. Near fine. An important sale. More
Beverly Hills: 2009–2011. Four volumes, complete. 4to, original matching card covers. Illustrated in color throughout. Part III includes The Davy Collection of Half Cent Errors bound with it, as issued. Cumulative prices realized list included. Near fine or better. Very important large cent sales, with Holmes’s early dates being the..... More
København: 12. Oktober 1925 og følgende Dage. 4to, original printed card covers. (6), 154 pages; 6241 lots; 18 fine plates. Cover corner torn; previous owner’s stamp on front cover; interior near fine. Scarce and important. Clain-Stefanelli 8798. More
Philadelphia: June 4, 1925. Tall 8vo, original printed card covers. 34 pages; 399 lots. Partly priced, with some annotations. Covers discolored; text block detached from spine. Very good or so. Adams 15 in the “Miscellaneous” chapter of United States Numismatic Literature, Volume II, rating the sale B+ overall and A...... More
Frankfurt am Main: 25. April 1932. 4to, original printed card covers. (2), 53, (3) pages; 1956 lots; 11 fine plates. Covers a bit worn and discolored; very good. The second of two astonishing sales of Russian coins, consigned by the Soviet Philatelic Agency and presented as duplicates. Essentially, Tolmatscheff-Sosnowski and..... More
Gahanna: Kolbe & Fanning, July 14, 2018. 4to, original red cloth, gilt; original pictorial covers bound in. 174 pages; 368 lots; profusely illustrated in color. PRL bound in. New. More
Various locations: 1984–2009. Numbers 1–49, a complete set of the printed issues. Includes Kolbe Auctions 16, 20, 22, 24, 25, 27, 30, 31, 33, 34, 37, 39, which were issued with the series. Varying formats. Generally fine. A complete set of Kolbe’s Numismatic Bookseller, originally issued as a fixed-price list..... More
Long Beach and Crestline: June 1 and 18, 1990. 4to, original orange cloth and gray boards, printed in gilt and black; original and specially printed card covers bound in. 79, (1) pages; 517 lots; prices realized list bound in. Bronze Kolbe token affixed to rear card cover, showing through die-cut..... More
Graz: 1978-80. Four illustrated catalogues, bound in one volume. 4to, later black quarter morocco; spine with five raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt, with gilt ìR.V.î at base of spine; original pictorial card covers bound throughout. Estimate sheets and prices realized lists bound throughout. Fine. A very attractively bound..... More
Chicago: August 26, 1944. 8vo, original printed card covers. 40 pages; 203 lots. Some faint penciled notes. Very good. The 1944 ANA convention auction sale, as issued in the Official Program. Very scarce. More
Chicago: Hotel LaSalle, August 26, 1944. 8vo, original printed card covers. 40 pages; 203 lots. Hand-priced in pencil. Very good. A hand-priced copy of the 1944 ANA convention auction sale, as issued in the Official Program. Very scarce. More
Boston: November 6, 1999. 4to, original maroon pebbled cloth, gilt; original pictorial card covers bound in. 80 pages; 525 lots; illustrated throughout. Prices realized list in special pocket on rear board. Fine or nearly so. The special hardcover edition of the fifth C4 sale, produced in limited numbers. More
2001. 4to, original spiral-bound printed card covers. 60 pages. Fine. More
Paris: 22 novembre 1886 et jours suivants. 8vo, later green cloth, gilt. viii, 176 pages; 1350 lots; text figures. Neatly hand-priced in red ink. Untrimmed and nearly fine. The scarce and important auction catalogue of obsidional coins from the collection of the author of Catalogue descriptif des monnaies obsidionales et..... More
New York: American Art Association, October 27, 1933. 8vo, original printed card covers. (8), 32, (2) pages, including 4 plates; 248 lots. Fine. Adams 16. Rated A+, overall: “Hurriedly written but a landmark medal sale. Betts series: Matanzas, Albemarle, Oglethorpe, 285 Vernons. U.S. Series: Stewart, De Fleury, Felicitas Britannia. Rich..... More
Halle (Saale): 3-4 Februar 1925. Text and plate volumes. 8vo, contemporary cloth-backed boards with marbled paper; spine text hand-lettered. (8), 70, (4) pages; 1032 lots; 43 fine plates. Prices realized hand-written in ink. Bindings delicate and worn; spine of plate volume missing half; interiors near fine. The rare original issue..... More
Zürich: NAC, 2013. 4to, original pictorial boards. 407, (31) pages; 1860 lots, all illustrated in color on facing pages. Estimate and price realized printed with each lot. New. The combined special edition, bringing together all three RBW collection sales, including the gold coins sold in 1999 by CNG in addition..... More
New York: March 18–19, 1955. 8vo, later maroon leatherette with marbled sides; spine lettered in gilt; original printed card covers bound in. 136 pages, including 27 plates; 2487 lots. Original card covers spotted. Photocopy prices realized list laid in. Near fine. One of the most important collections of New Jersey..... More