KOLBE & FANNING SALE 177 HIGHLIGHTS

Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers are holding our 177th auction sale on Saturday, June 13, 2026. The sale features a variety of rare and out-of-print works on ancient, world and U.S. numismatics, accompanied by the extraordinary library on orders and decorations formed by James C. Risk.

Some highlights of the sale include:

   

 
Lot 45

Lot 45: a set of the Roman Provincial Coinage series, being fourteen volumes total comprising Parts 1, 2, 3, 4.4, 7.1, 7.2, 9 and the first supplement

 
Lots 119 and 126

Lot 119: a nearly complete first edition set of Stanley Lane-Poole's Catalogue of Oriental Coins in the British Museum, being eight of the ten volumes published between 1875 and 1890

Lot 126: a well-preserved copy of José Toribio Medina's classic work on European medals struck for the Americas, Medallas europeas relativas a América (1924)

 
Lot 167

Lot 167: Elias Ashmole's beautifully illustrated 1672 folio The Institution, Laws & Ceremonies of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, the foundational study of the Order

 
Lot 231

Lot 231: five documents, each of them signed by Queen Victoria, regarding honors bestowed upon one individual, including the Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India

 
Lot 251

Lot 251: the finely bound, four-volume folio edition of Jaromir Hirtenfeld's 1857 study of the Military Order of Maria Theresa, the highest military decoration under the Habsburg monarchy

 
Lots 144 and 402

Lot 144: a bound volume of eleven Sotheby's sales held in 1848 and 1849, most of them priced and with the buyers' names recorded

Lot 402: a substantial collection of 136 auction catalogues issued by Lyman H. Low, spanning most of his career from 1822 to 1923

 
Lots 409 and 422

Lot 409: a hand-priced copy of the New York Coin & Stamp Company's 1890 catalogue of the Lorin G. Parmelee collection, with 13 fine tinted photographically printed plates

Lot 422: a comprehensive collection of Stack's catalogues from the firm's first auction in 1935 through the end of 1970, comprising some 246 catalogues.

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 has been 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 June 12, 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.

To bid in the sale, see:
https://bid.numislit.com/

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
KOLBE & FANNING SALE 177 ANNOUNCED (https://www.coinbooks.org/v29/esylum_v29n21a03.html)

 

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