The E-Sylum:  Volume 6, Number 9, March 2, 2003, Article 1

KOLBE SALE 90 RESULTS

The following auction results are from the Press Release for
the 90th sale of George Frederick Kolbe/Fine Numismatic
Books, which closed on February 20, 2003:

"Over 300 bidders participated and 90% of the 1200 lots in
Kolbe Sale 90 sold, bringing a total of nearly $135,000. Some
highlights follow (all include the 15% buyer premium).

A very fine set of Yeoman's Guide Book of United States,
popularly known as the Red Book, complete from 1947 to
2000, brought $2817; an even nicer set of Yeoman Blue
Books, from 1947 to 2000 complete, sold for $1322; a
hardbound edition of Dr. Maris' 1869 work, the first separate
work devoted to United States large cents, experienced active
bidding and brought $1840 on a $1250 estimate; a 1950
edition of M. H. Bolender's work on early silver dollars,
annotated by Walter Breen while he worked for New
Netherlands Coin Co., was estimated to bring $500 and sold
for $690; a metal box, once holding American colonial coins
from the Virgil Brand collection, sold for $230; two original
letters from Sylvester Crosby to Henry Chapman, both
dealing with colonial numismatics, brought $1,006 and $517
respectively; an original, annotated set of Dalton & Hamer's
classic The Provincial Token-Coinage of the 18th Century
sold for $1265; an original set of Corpus Nummorum
Italicorum (minus the extremely rare volume 20), though
conservatively estimated at $5,500, failed to sell; an unusually
fine example of the original 1925 edition of A. W. Browning's
Early Quarter Dollars of the United States, was estimated at
$3,000 and ended up bringing $4312; a nice example of the
famous 1890 Parmelee sale catalogue, with 13 fine plates,
sold for $1150; Burachkov's rare 1884 work on ancient Greek
coins of the Black Sea went for $1035; a nice example of Q.
David Bowers' first numismatic publication, issued in 1955,
was estimated to bring $300 but was hotly contested for and
ended up selling for $632; a nice selection of antiquarian
numismatic works generally brought strong prices. A few
catalogues are still available and may be acquired by sending
$15.00 to Kolbe. The firm¹s next sale is scheduled for June
19, 2003."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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