PREV ARTICLE       NEXT ARTICLE       FULL ISSUE       PREV FULL ISSUE      

V4 2001 INDEX       E-SYLUM ARCHIVE

The E-Sylum: Volume 4, Number 35, August 26, 2001, Article 6 UNLISTED FROSSARD CATALOG DISCOVERED David Fanning writes: "Well, the gang at the E-Sylum came through for me with the info I needed. Please include the following in next week's edition: At the ANA this year, I discovered a previously unlisted sale catalogued by Edouard Frossard. The sale is numbered 88, but is a different sale than that listed in Adams as sale 88. [United States Numismatic Literature Volume I: Nineteenth Century Auction Catalogs", John W. Adams, 1982, revised 2001 - Editor] I have verified that the listing in Adams is not in error; thus, as with Frossard's sale 103, we must come to the conclusion that more than one sale was inadvertently given the same number. The listing for this catalogue is as follows: Sale 88 November 22-23, 1888 406 lots as listed in 404 (plus a 53a and 390*) Catalogue of a Fine and Varied European Collection of Genuine Antiquities, Curiosities, Etc., Comprising Old Silver Jewelry, Amber Necklaces, Arms, Aquarelles, Bronzes, Bohemian and Stained Glass, Beads, Costumes, Daggers, Enamels, Embroideries, Gems, Ivory Carvings, Jewelry, Meerschaum Pipes, Old Delft Ware, Paper Cutters, Pistols, Rugs, Reliquaries, Swords, Tapestries, etc., etc. Sold at Leavitt & Co.'s rooms at 787-789 Broadway As the sale is one of Frossard's non-numismatic sales, it seems fitting that it would be graded C- for content. Unfortunately, the sale was discovered after the publication of Kolbe's revision to the Adams work and so is not included in that listing. Many thanks to those who answered my request for info, especially the two who verified that they had the number 88 Adams lists."

Wayne Homren, Editor

	coinbooks.org Web

The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization 
promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org.

To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor 
at this address: whomren@coinlibrary.com

To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum