Maria Fanning submitted this press release describing some more interesting lots in the Kolbe & Fanning June 24-25, 2016 sale. Thanks!
-Editor
Kolbe & Fanning’s 142nd sale of numismatic literature will be held on June 24 and 25, and bids have been coming in at a good rate. The
two-part sale features works on ancient, medieval and modern coins from around the world and aims to have something for everyone.
The sale is arranged in two parts. The first, featuring 380 lots, will be conducted as a live online sale on Friday, June 24. Bidders
may participate in this part of the sale in advance via mail, phone, fax or email--or on the day of the sale through our live bidding
platform at auction.numislit.com. Register in advance, browse lots and place bids at your
leisure: all lots in the first part are illustrated in the online catalogue. Live bidding will commence at noon eastern time on June
24.
The second part of the sale features over 600 lots, and will be conducted as a traditional mail-bid sale (with no online component).
This second part of the sale will close at 9:00 pm eastern time on Saturday, June 25. Bids may be placed via mail, phone, fax or email;
bids will be treated as limits and reduced as competition dictates.
Some highlights include the following:
Lot 39 (example)
Lot 37: Canessa’s sale of the Enrico Caruso collection
Lot 39: a complete set of the first 100 CNG sales
Lot 103
Lot 41: a charming set of the second (preferred) edition of Cohen
Lot 103: a Set of Mazzini’s Monete Imperiale Romane
Lot 146
Lot 146: a rare 1942 Stack’s fixed price catalogue of ancient gold coins with photographic plates
Lot 173: a 1965 Vinchon sale of ancient coins with unlisted photographic plates laid in
Lots 217 and 250
Lots 217: Hill’s Corpus of Italian Renaissance medals
Lot 250: an original set of Saulcy on Byzantine coins
Lot 267
Lot 267: an original, unbound set of Volume 5 of The Numismatist
Lot 277: a rare F.C.C. Boyd catalogue of colonial coins for sale
Lots 290 and 378
Lot 290: a virtually complete set of Sheridan Downey sales
Lot 378: two relatively common works on Ohio paper money bound with a third, a very rare 1906 Numismatist offprint on “Ohio Banks from
1803 to 1861.”
The sale also offers exceptionally complete runs of ancient coin catalogues from many of the most important firms, including Harlan
Berk, Jean Vinchon, Edward Waddell, Paul-Francis Jacquier, Nomos, Joel Malter, Numismatic Fine Arts, Numismatik Lanz, Frank Sternberg and Bank Leu.
Printed catalogues have been mailed to established clients; a PDF of the catalogue has been posted to the main numislit.com website for those who prefer to read online. In addition, prospective bidders are able to
access the live online catalogue and register to bid in Part I of the sale through auction.numislit.com.
Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers LLC is a licensed and bonded auction firm in the State of Ohio. For more information, please see
the Kolbe & Fanning website at numislit.com or email David Fanning at df@numislit.com. We look forward to your participation.
Wayne Homren, Editor
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