KOLBE-FANNING SALES 134-135 CLOSE MAY 15-16, 2014

Kolbe & Fanning wish to remind our clients of our upcoming sales, to be held this Thursday and Friday, May 15 and 16. As announced earlier, these sales will integrate live online bidding and will be held as internet auctions, though bidders may place bids offline if they prefer (details below).

On May 15, beginning at noon eastern time, we will offer the very fine library on American numismatics formed by Philip W. Ralls, a well-known specialist in United States large cents and past president of EAC.

Highlights include:

• an impressive run of early ANA convention auction sales, including many rare catalogues.
• one of ten deluxe leatherbound copies of George H. Clapp’s work on the cents of 1798-99.
• one of ten deluxe leatherbound copies of Howard R. Newcomb’s work on the cents of 1801-03.
• an exceptional copy of the very rare deluxe leatherbound B. Max Mehl sale of the William C. Atwater collection, as well as copies of Mehl’s deluxe Morse/Faelton/Todd and Dunham sales.
• a remarkable collection of the very rare finely bound deluxe catalogues produced by Superior for a number of their most important sales; usually produced in only ten copies, the catalogues include the 1986 Robbie Brown, 1989 Jack Robinson, 1991 Dennis Mendelson, 1991 Lee Kuntz, 1992 Roger Cohen, and other sales.

The following day, May 16, will see a second session offered, also beginning at noon eastern time, consisting of important numismatic books from around the world.

Highlights include:

• a set of Mazzini’s important work on Roman imperial coins.
• a copy of Giel’s rare Antiken Numismatik Südrusslands.
• a complete run of the Numismatische Zeitschrift (Wien).
• de Morgan on Persian coins.
• both parts of Hess’s 1931-32 Dubletten Russischer Museen sale.
• a nearly complete set of the Proceedings of the Moscow Numismatic Society.

With the introduction of live online bidding, bidders will be able to participate in each sale online as they would in a live auction, using the custom bidding platform developed for Kolbe & Fanning by the popular online auction service iCollector.com. To see the new Kolbe & Fanning live online bidding site, please go to auction.numislit.com. Bidders preferring to bid by mail, fax, phone or email may continue to do so, but all such absentee bids must be received by May 14. Absentee bids cannot be accepted on the sale dates.

Kolbe & Fanning’s website is www.numislit.com and their live online site can be reached at auction.numislit.com. We look forward to your participation.

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