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Kolbe and Fanning Numismatic Booksellers: January Book Auction

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Auction Name January Book Auction Total Sales (USD) 157,843.63
Auction Date January 26, 2019 - January 26, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 130,125.00
Sale Number #151 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 130,125.00
Total Lots 500
Sold Lots 382 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 168,405.00
% of Lots Sold 76.40% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 168,405.00
Unsold Lots 118 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 93.73%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
386 Collins, Benjamin H.

THE COLLINS COLLECTION OF U S. COINS. 1882-1892. NOT FOR SALE.

1892-1896. USD 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 USD 5,581.25
378 Chapman, Henry.

CATALOGUE OF THE VALUABLE COLLECTION OF FOREIGN AND UNITED STATES GOLD COINS, PARTICULARLY RICH IN ANCIENT ROMAN GOLD COINS, POLISH GOLD COINS, INCLUDING A 100 DUCATS, 1621, SET OF THE SILVER DOLLARS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1794 TO 1904, 1804 ALONE EXCEPTED

1911 USD 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 5,287.50
443 Mehl, B. Max [publisher].

AUCTION CATALOGUES.

1906-1955. USD 4,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,993.75
390 Crosby, Sylvester S.

THE EARLY COINS OF AMERICA; AND THE LAWS GOVERNING THEIR ISSUE. COMPRISING ALSO DESCRIPTIONS OF THE WASHINGTON PIECES, THE ANGLO-AMERICAN TOKENS, MANY PIECES OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN, OF THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES, AND THE FIRST PATTERNS OF THE UNI

1875 USD 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,818.75
167 Orsini, Fulvio.

FAMILIAE ROMANAE QUAE REPERIUNTUR IN ANTIQUIS NUMISMATIBUS AB URBE CONDITA AD TEMPORA DIVI AUGUSTI EX BIBLIOTHECA FULVI URSINI. ADJUNCTIS FAMILIIS XXX EX LIBRO ANTONI AUGUSTINI EP. ILERDENSIS.

1577 USD 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,231.25
276 Hill, George Francis.

A CORPUS OF ITALIAN MEDALS OF THE RENAISSANCE BEFORE CELLINI. TEXT & PLATES.

1930 USD 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,231.25
182 Rizzo, Giulio Emanuele.

MONETE GRECHE DELLA SICILIA.

1945-1946. USD 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,643.75
225 Vertue, George, based on Abraham Van der Doort and edited by Horace Walpole.

A CATALOGUE AND DESCRIPTION OF KING CHARLES THE FIRST'S CAPITAL COLLECTION OF PICTURES, LIMNINGS, STATUES, BRONZES, MEDALS, AND OTHER CURIOSITIES: NOW FIRST PUBLISHED FROM AN ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT IN THE ASHMOLEAN MUSAEUM AT OXFORD. THE WHOLE TRANSCRIBED AN

1757 USD 1,800.00 - 1,800.00 USD 2,643.75
277 Hill, George Francis.

THE GUSTAVE DREYFUS COLLECTION. I: RENAISSANCE MEDALS.

1931 USD 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,643.75
90 Hirsch, Jacob.

SAMMLUNG GRIECHISCHER MUNZEN AUS DEM NACHLASSE EINES BEKANNTEN ARCHAOLOGEN.

1905 USD 600.00 - 600.00 USD 2,350.00
145 Mazzini, Giuseppe.

MONETE IMPERIALI ROMANE.

1957-58. USD 1,800.00 - 1,800.00 USD 2,350.00
377 Chapman, Henry.

CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION OF COLONIAL AND STATE COINS, 1787 NEW YORK, BRASHER DOUBLOON, U.S. PIONEER GOLD COINS, U.S. PATTERN PIECES, POLITICAL MEDALS, INDIAN PEACE MEDALS, ASSAY MEDALS, EXTREMELY FINE CENTS AND HALF CENTS OF CAPTAIN ANDREW C. ZABRISKIE

1909 USD 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,232.50
188 Rosenberger, M.

CITY-COINS OF PALESTINE. THE ROSENBERGER ISRAEL COLLECTION. VOL. I: CONTAINING AELIA KAPITOLINA, AKKO, ANTHEDON, ANTIPATRIS & ASCALON. VOL. II: CAESAREA, DIOSPOLIS, DORA, ELEUTHEROPOLIS, GABA, GAZA & JOPPA. VOL. III: HIPPOS-SUSSITA, NEAPOLIS, NICOPOLIS,

1972, 1975 and 1977. USD 400.00 - 400.00 USD 2,115.00
382 Chapman, S.H.

CATALOG OF THE SPLENDID COLLECTION OF SILVER & COPPER COINS OF THE UNITED STATES FORMED BY JOHN P. LYMAN, ESQ., BOSTON.

1913 USD 1,600.00 - 1,600.00 USD 1,997.50
473 Snowden, James Ross.

A DESCRIPTION OF THE MEDALS OF WASHINGTON; OF NATIONAL AND MISCELLANEOUS MEDALS; AND OF OTHER OBJECTS OF INTEREST IN THE MUSEUM OF THE MINT. ILLUSTRATED BY SEVENTY-NINE FAC-SIMILE ENGRAVINGS. TO WHICH ARE ADDED BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE

1861 USD 500.00 - 500.00 USD 1,997.50
374 Cape Kennedy Medals.

THE TOM MORLEY COLLECTION OF U.S. LARGE CENTS, INCLUDING THE COMPLETE SHELDON NUMBERED SERIES OF 1794.

1975 USD 100.00 - 100.00 USD 1,762.50
3 Alf\u00f6ldi, Andreas, Elisabeth Alf\u00f6ldi and Curtis L. Clay.

DIE KONTORNIAT-MEDAILLONS. TEIL 1: KATALOG.

1976 USD 600.00 - 600.00 USD 1,527.50
256 Duby, Pierre-Ancher Tobiesen.

RECUEIL GENERAL DES PIECES OBSIDIONALES ET DE NECESSITE, GRAVEES DANS L'ORDRE CHRONOLOGIQUE DES EVENEMENS: AVEC L'EXPLICATION, DANS L'ORDRE ALPHABETIQUE, DES FAITS HISTORIQUES QUI ONT DONNE LIEU A LEUR FABRICATION: A LA SUITE DESQUELLES SE TROUVENT PLUSIE

1786 USD 750.00 - 750.00 USD 1,527.50
379 Chapman, Henry.

CATALOGUE OF THE MAGNIFICENT COLLECTION OF ANCIENT GREEK AND ROMAN, EUROPEAN, ORIENTAL, EARLY AMERICAN AND UNITED STATES COINS OF GEORGE H. EARLE, JR...

1912 USD 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,527.50
437 Loubat, J.F.

THE MEDALLIC HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 1776-1876.

1881 USD 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,527.50
376 Chapman, S.H. and H.

CATALOGUE OF THE MAGNIFICENT COLLECTION OF COINS OF THE UNITED STATES FORMED BY THE LATE HARLAN P. SMITH, ESQ, NEW YORK CITY.

(1906). USD 1,800.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,410.00
33 Calciati, Romolo.

CORPUS NUMMORUM SICULORUM. LA MONETAZIONE DI BRONZO / THE BRONZE COINAGE.

1983-87. USD 750.00 - 750.00 USD 1,175.00
113 Jameson, R.

COLLECTION R. JAMESON. TOME I: MONNAIES GRECQUES ANTIQUES. TOME II: MONNAIES IMPERIALES ROMAINES. TOME III: SUITE DES MONNAIES GRECQUES ANTIQUES ET IMPERIALES ROMAINES. TOME IV: SUITE DES MONNAIES GRECQUES ANTIQUES ET IMPERIALES ROMAINES.

1913, 1924 and 1932. USD 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,175.00
196 Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge.

CATALOGUE OF THE BUNBURY COLLECTION OF GREEK COINS. FIRST PORTION: ITALY, SICILY, EUROPEAN GREECE, CRETE, &C.

1896 USD 200.00 - 200.00 USD 1,175.00
477 Stack's.

AUCTION SALE CATALOGUES.

1944-2009. USD 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,175.00
  • Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: [Langland (William)]. The vision of Pierce Plowman, nowe the seconde time imprinted..., Roberte Crowley, 1550. £8,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: [Shakespeare (William)]. [Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies], second folio edition, [by Tho.Cotes, for Robert Allot], [1632]. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Bible, Czech Biblia Bohemica, first complete Bible printed in the Czech vernacular, Prague, August 1488. £30,000 to £40,000.
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    Forum Mar. 28: Shabthai Tzvi.- Collection of four printed and illustrated broadsides detailing the appearance, rise and fall of the false messiah, Shabthai Tzvi, Augsburg, 1666-67. £40,000 to £60,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Leaf from the Beauvais Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment, [Northern France (perhaps Beauvais or Amiens)], [fourteenth century (c.1310)]. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Aubrey (John). [Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme], manuscript in English, Latin and Greek, [c. 1693]. £30,000 to £50,000.
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    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). Poems on Various Occasions, first edition, Harriet Maltby's copy, Newark, Printed by S. & J. Ridge, 1807. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, second impression with dust-jacket, 1937 [but 1938]. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Blake (William).- Thornton (Robert John). The Pastorals of Virgil, 2 vol., engraved plates by William Blake, 1821. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
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    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: America.- Mount (William J.) & Thomas Page. The English Pilot…, [bound with] The Fourth Book, describing The West Indies Navigation from Hudson's-Bay to the River Amazones, 1721. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Oldfield (Henry Ambrose), Rajman Singh Chitrakar & others. An album of 160 photographs and 13 original artworks, (1833-1919), [c. 1850s-1880s]. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Audubon (John James) [and William MacGillivray]. Ornithological Biography…, 5 vol., first edition, presentation copy inscribed by Audubon, Edinburgh, 1831-49 [i.e. 1831-39]. £10,000 to £15,000.
  • Sotheby’s
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
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    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: ONLY KNOWN COPY OF THE ONLY BOOK BY THE REMARKABLE EVE ADAMS. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A COMPLETE RUN OF VISIONAIRE MAGAZINE THROUGH 2010. $6,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: LAW REVIEW OFFPRINT SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY RUTH BADER GINSBURG. $3,000 - $5,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: META REBNER'S WORKING SCRIPT OF THE LOVED ONE. $1,500 - $2,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A KATHY GROVE PORTRAIT OF CYNDI LAUPER FOR THE FEBRUARY 1989 DETAILS COVER. $800 - $1,200
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A PLASTIC COAT BY MILLIE DAVID FEATURED IN SOHO NEWS STYLE SECTION, FROM THE COLLECTION OF ANNIE FLANDERS. $500 - $700
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    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A SET OF JONI MITCHELL LYRICS FOR "IF I HAD A HEART." $2,000 - $3,000
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    19th Century Shop. Major Elizabeth Barrett Browning manuscript notebook
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  • Potter & Potter Auctions
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
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