NUMISMATIC LITERATURE SALES RECORD SET

A Press Release from numismatic literature dealer George Frederick Kolbe announces that

"For the first time in history, a numismatic literature firm has sold over one million dollars of numismatic literature at auction in less than a year."

In the eleven-month period beginning December 12th, 1998 (sale 75, the "Bass I" sale) $1,200,000 of literature was sold. "approximately $500,000 were works on ancient and foreign numismatic topics, the remainder being on American numismatic topics. A great many alltime price records were set, especially in the Bass sales."

Some highlights were:

• Two complete sets of the American Journal of Numismatics ($11,000 and $9,000)
• Raphael Thian's 1880 Register of the Confederate Debt brought $11,550
• Milford Haven's monumental work on British and foreign naval medals realized $4,840

Wayne Homren, Editor

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The E-Sylum: Volume 02, Number 47, November 21, 1999, Article 2

NUMISMATIC LITERATURE SALES RECORD SET

Wayne Homren, Editor