KOLBE & FANNING 2015 NEW YORK BOOK AUCTION RESULTS

Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers held their 2015 New York Book Auction on Saturday, January 10, 2015 at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in conjunction with the New York International Numismatic Convention (NYINC). The sale featured a variety of impressive numismatic works covering ancient, medieval, modern foreign and United States coins and medals. Some sale highlights are as follows:

--The extremely rare 1682 first issue in book form depicting the Sun King’s collection of ancient coins (lot 156) brought $20,060 (all prices include buyer’s premium).

--Perhaps the finest existing deluxe copy of Browning’s 1925 work on early U.S. quarter dollars, one of only five bound in full morocco (lot 230), brought $21,240.

--An exceptional volume of 1790s pamphlets by Augustin Dupré regarding his role in French coinage, from the author’s own library (lot 112), brought $6490.

--A superb, richly gilt, deluxe leatherbound set of the virtually unknown 1881 edition of Loubat’s Medallic History of the United States (lot 281), brought $12,980.

--A fine set of Edward Cogan sales (lot 250), derived from the Fuld set and substantially augmented by a subsequent owner, brought $8260, while the Fuld set of Lyman Low catalogues (lot 282) brought $7670.

--A fine set of Haeberlin’s Aes Grave (lot 36) brought $5750.

--A set of Raczynski’s rare work on Polish coins (lot 178) brought $5310.

--Gnecchi’s magnificent work on Roman medallions (lot 34) brought $4887.50. --A fine set of Habich’s rare Deutschen Schaumünzen (lot 126) brought $4720.

--A set of all three limited presentation edition Bowers & Ruddy/Merena catalogues (Garrett, Norweb, Brand/Eliasberg; lot 228), brought $4130.

The sale included many other notable works not mentioned above, including rare books on ancient coins, important publications on medals, and extremely rare photographically illustrated U.S. auction catalogues.

A PDF of the catalogue and the PRL can be downloaded from the Kolbe & Fanning website at www.numislit.com.

Kolbe & Fanning thank all those who participated in the sale and look forward to the rest of 2015!

David F. Fanning, Ph.D.

Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers LLC
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