KOLBE & FANNING OCTOBER 2025 SALE ANNOUNCED

 

Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers are pleased to announce that we will be holding our next auction sale on Saturday, October 4, 2025. The sale features a wide variety of rare and out-of-print works on ancient, world and U.S. numismatics, the property of over twenty different consignors from around the world. With 500 lots, there is something for everybody.

Some highlights of this first sale include:

   

 
Lots 13 and 151

Lot 13: a complete original set of Jean Babelon's four-volume 1924–1936 catalogue of the exceptional collection of Greek coins formed by the Duc de Luynes

Lot 151: the 1896 catalogue of the Rollin & Feuardent sale of the Hyman Montagu collection of Roman and Byzantine coins, one of the finest ever formed

 
Lots 202 and 269

Lot 202: A well-preserved copy, in the original binding, of the expanded 1723 compendium of Louis XIV medals published by the Académie Royale des Médailles et des Inscriptions

Lot 269: José Toribio Medina's classic 1924 study of European medals relating to the Americas, in a contemporary quarter morocco binding

 
Lots 353 and 377

Lot 353: a rare first edition copy of Emmanuel Joseph Attinelli's foundational Numisgraphics (1876), the first substantive bibliography of American numismatics

Lot 377: Henry Chapman's important and very scarce 1907 catalogue of the Matthew Adams Stickney collection, in the original binding and with 20 fine photographic plates

 
Lots 396 and 424

Lot 396: a finely bound copy of the scarce 1878 printing of the first edition of Sylvester Crosby's Early Coins of America, with the Woodburytype plate prepared for Dr. Edward Maris

Lot 424: a handsome copy of Dr. Thomas Hall's rare 1892 study of the Connecticut coppers of 1787, one of only a small number of copies distributed to fellow collectors

 
Lots 451 and 464

Lot 451: the first separately published work on U.S. coins, Maris's 1869 Varieties of the Copper Issues of the United States Mint in the Year 1794

Lot 464: Emery May Norweb's unique typewritten inventory and index of the Norweb Family collection of Washington coins, tokens and medals.

Register early to bid online
Bids may be placed via post, email, 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.

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, or phone must be received by Oct. 3, 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. Internet bidding will be available during the sale itself through the same platform.

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