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The E-Sylum: Volume 10, Number 24, June 17, 2007, Article 3
DAVID FANNING SIXTH FIXED PRICE LIST RELEASED
David F. Fanning has published his sixth Fixed Price List of numismatic
literature. He writes: "The 40-page list includes a wide variety of
items of interest to numismatists, including books, auction catalogues
and periodicals, ranging from a few dollars to a few hundred and from
1815 to 2007. Illustrated in color, the list gives detailed information
on each item. Highlights include both binding variants of the original
1870 Vermont Historical Society publication of Slafter on the Vermont
coinage; manuscript documents from the 1830s and 1840s relating to Ohio
currency and banking history; a rare Lafayette medal issued by 19th-
century numismatist S.K. Harzfeld as part of "Harzfeld's Series";
Henry Bronson's 1865 "Historical Account of Connecticut Currency,
Continental Money, and the Finances of the Revolution"; Volumes 1 and
2 of The American Stamp Mercury and Numismatist (1867-1869); a
fascinating photograph taken in conjunction with a Tom Elder sale,
featuring many prominent numismatists; and many other publications
and historical items. The Fixed Price List can be downloaded in PDF
form from the Fanning Books Web site at
or requested via e-mail from David Fanning at .
[David has a readable, informative cataloguing style, and his price
lists are valuable for numismatic bibliophiles. I've purchased some
true rarities from earlier lists. Below are excerpts from just a
couple of the entries. -Editor]
44. [Elder, Thomas]. Professional reprint photograph of a banquet
held by Elder following an early auction sale (probably 1911, see
comments)... Among those present are: Dr. J.M. Henderson, Farran
Zerbe, Howard R. Newcomb, Mint Curator T. Louis Comparette, W.H.
Woodin, Howland Wood, Edgar H. Adams, H. Russell Browne, Joseph C.
Mitchelson, Henry Chapman, Elmer Sears, H.O. Granberg and others.
87. The Magazine Antiques. Vol. 39, No. 2 (February 1941). This
issue contains an important article on “The Frossard Collection of
Drawings Attributed to John Trumbull,” ... As discussed by John Adams
in his classic United States Numismatic Literature, Volume One, 19th-
century numismatist Ed. Frossard sold at auction and fixed price a
collection he owned of early drawings said to be the work of
Revolutionary-era artist John Trumbull in 1894 and 1896. Many, if
not all, of these have turned out to be fabrications, and the Morgan
article included in this issue of Antiques is an important article
on the subject. Whether or not Frossard knew the works were not
genuine has been the subject of some debate.
David F. Fanning web site: David F. Fanning
Fanning Fixed Price List No. 6: Fanning Fixed Price
Wayne Homren, Editor
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