KOLBE & FANNING BCD LIBRARY WEB SALE #2

 

Second BCD Web Sale April 16

Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers are pleased to announce that we will be holding the second Web Sale devoted to selections from the outstanding BCD Library on Thursday, April 16. The BCD Library is famous for its extraordinary depth, particularly in works pertaining to ancient Greek coinage and culture. Carefully formed over the course of half a century, the library includes thousands of titles on various aspects of Greek life, art and coinage.

Our Web Sales focus on useful but lower-price books, catalogues and periodicals, and this offering of material from the BCD Library includes publications on a wide variety of topics, mostly pertaining to antiquity, all of which are listed with a starting price of only $10. The online catalogue can be accessed at bid.numislit.com. There is no printed catalogue.

Along with more commonly available references, a number of rarities and other delicacies are included.

Some highlights of this second BCD Web Sale include:

 
Lots 274 and 304

Lot 274: Paul Lambros's 1870 study of the coins of the island of Amorgos, in a remarkable binding featuring hand-crafted metalwork in a distinctive style

Lot 304: Alfred Mamroth's Die Bronzemünzen des Königs Philippos V. von Makedonien (1935), with two fine plates and supplemented with added illustrations of the coins discussed

 
Lots 286 and 104

Lot 286: Christian Sigismund Liebe's massive, handsomely produced 1730 catalogue of the Saxe-Gotha collection, featuring 316 fine engravings of ancient coins in the text

Lot 104: Ludovico de Biel's 1733 study of ancient coinage, Utilitas Rei Numariae Veteris, with two folding plates of coins

 

Lot 495: J.N. Svoronos's 1898 portfolio of 35 fine phototype plates of ancient Greek coins, issued to accompany the 1898 Greek edition of Head's Historia Numorum

Register early to bid online
Kolbe & Fanning use Auction Mobility as our third-party online bidding platform, which is separate from our retail site. 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.

Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers LLC is a licensed and bonded auction firm in the State of Ohio, and our sales are conducted by licensed auctioneers. For more information, please see the Kolbe & Fanning website at numislit.com or email David and Maria Fanning at orders@numislit.com. To register for the sale, go to bid.numislit.com. We look forward to your participation.

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