KOLBE & FANNING SALE 177 HIGHLIGHTS

On Saturday, June 13, 2026, Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers will be holding our 177th auction sale, offering a wide variety of rare and out-of-print works on ancient, world and U.S. numismatics. The auction also features the extraordinary library on orders and decorations formed over the course of half a century by the late James C. Risk.

Some highlights of the sale include:

   

 
Lot 43

Lot 43: a set of the Roman Imperial Coinage series, being ten volumes total as issued in fourteen (all volumes issued through 2007)

Lot 131: a 16-volume set of C. Hearn Nunn's The Numismatic Magazine(1886–1901), an early British influence on the development of George Heath's The Numismatist in the U.S.

   

 
Lots 141 and 143

Lot 141: the 1819 Society of Arts report on preventing the forgery of bank notes, one of the landmark works on counterfeit prevention, with exceptional engraved plates

Lot 143: a bound volume of ten Sotheby's sales held between 1834 and 1847, all of them priced and with the buyers' names recorded

 
Lot 164

Lot 164: John Anstis's beautifully illustrated 1724 two-volume folio The Register of the Most Noble Order of the Garter..., from the library of the Garter Principal King of Arms

 
Lots 197 and 352

Lot 197: Sarah Sophia Banks's copy of Justus Christoph Dithmar's 1729 Commentatio de honoratissimo Ordine Militari de Balneo, a rare early work on the Order of the Bath

Lot 352: a plated copy of S.H. Chapman's 1923 catalogue of the Dr. Henry W. Beckwith collection, featuring some of the best photographic plates of large cents ever produced

 
Lot 288

Lot 288: John Pine's extraordinary 1730 elephant folio on the inaugural installation of the Order of the Bath, in a contemporary binding and with exceptional engravings

 
Lots 356 and 362

Lot 356: a substantial set of Edward Cogan catalogues, being 51 different catalogues ranging from 1859 to 1879, spanning the career of this early American coin dealer

Lot 362: an original 1875 copy of Sylvester S. Crosby's foundational classic The Early Coins of America, in the Nova Constellatio binding reserved for copies prepared for the author.

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)
KOLBE & FANNING SALE 177 HIGHLIGHTS (https://www.coinbooks.org/v29/esylum_v29n22a03.html)

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