KOLBE & FANNING MAY 2025 SALE ANNOUNCED

 

Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers are pleased to announce that we will be holding our next auction sale on Saturday, May 31, 2025. The sale includes rare and out-of-print works on ancient, world and U.S. numismatics, including the second half of the L.D. & I.P. Library and additional selections from the library of Barry Tayman. With 500 lots, there is something for everybody.

Some highlights of the sale include:

   

 
Lots 52 and 111

Lot 52: a set of Calciati's magnificent Pegasi, accompanied by original prints (signed and numbered) of art used in the book

Lot 111: the 1912 Hess catalogues of the Tolstoï and Prowe collections of Roman Republican coins, bound together in contemporary maroon half Morocco

 
Lot 69

Lot 69: Raymond & Charles Dupriez's own set of their catalogues, comprising some 118 catalogues bound in over twenty volumes, including many named sales and rarities

 
Lots 169 and 242

Lot 169: André de Ritter's folio catalogue of the engraved gems in the Louis De Clercq collection, one of a number of books on engraved gems offered from the Pierre Bastien library

Lot 242: M. de Bettange's significant 1760 work on coining, Traité des monoyes, as issued in two volumes and in a contemporary mottled calf binding

 
Lot 273

Lot 273: a complete hardcover set of Jeffrey Hoare auction catalogues, 1986–2007, comprising seventy-three catalogues bound in twenty-two volumes

 
Lots 312 and 359

Lot 312: the 1730 London edition of The Hibernian Patriot, being Jonathan Swift's anonymously published Drapier's Letters against the coinage of William Wood in Ireland

Lot 359: a very rare plated copy of S.H. Chapman's 1920 catalogue of the W.H. Hunter collection, one of only a small number of copies known with 9 superb photographic plates

 
Lots 370 and 395

Lot 370: an original subscription set of Sylvester Crosby's The Early Coins of America, as issued in separate fascicles and still in the original printed paper covers

Lot 395: Eric P. Newman and Burdette Johnson's records of their acquisition and disposition of the Colonel E.H.R. Green collection, one of the most important archives in American numismatic history.

Bids may be placed via post, email or phone, as well as online. Kolbe & Fanning use Auction Mobility as our third-party online bidding platform. Auction Mobility is an app-based platform allowing users the ability to participate in the sale through phones, tablets and computers. To register for the sale, bidders must go to bid.numislit.com and sign up. Once you have set up an account, you may browse lots, place advance bids, or participate in the live sale online. Those wishing to participate on their devices can download the Kolbe & Fanning app through the Apple or Google Play Store. The sale will also be listed on Biddr and NumisBids in the near future.

The printed catalogue is being mailed to all active customers on our mailing list. As international mail speeds have been inconsistent, we encourage our foreign clients to consult the electronic catalogue in case their printed catalogue does not arrive promptly. A PDF of the printed catalogue has been posted to our main website at numislit.com for those who prefer that format. Bids placed via post, email, fax or phone must be received by May 30, the day before the sale, in order for them to be processed. Advance absentee bids may also be placed at any time online at bid.numislit.com. Live internet bidding will be available during the sale itself through the same platform.

Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers LLC, is licensed by the State of Ohio Department of Agriculture (license 2025000025) as an auctioneer, and is bonded as required by law in favor of the State of Ohio.

For more information, please see the Kolbe & Fanning website at numislit.com or email David Fanning at df@numislit.com. To register for the sale, go to bid.numislit.com. We look forward to your participation.

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