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V4 2001 INDEX       E-SYLUM ARCHIVE

The E-Sylum: Volume 4, Number 42, October 14, 2001, Article 7 KOLBE SALE RESULTS George Kolbe forwarded the following summary of results from his recent sales of numismatic literature: "The 550 lots of numismatic literature offered at public auction at the Long Beach, California Coin Convention on October 6th, 2001 by George Frederick Kolbe/Fine Numismatic Books brought a total of over $236,000. Lots 1-450 comprised the first part of the John Bergman Library, and lots 451-550, issued in a separate catalogue, consisted of "100 Rarities of American Numismatic Literature." Thirty-five floor bidders, five telephone bidders, and over two hundred fifty absentee bidders combined to make both sales a great success. A few highlights follow: A superb set of Furtwängler's monumental three volume "Die Antike Gemmen" sold for $4,400; an 1840 volume on French medals of the "Trésor de Numismatique" in a fine binding brought $1,650 on a $850 estimate; Hiram Deats' run of the first forty- six volumes of the "American Journal of Numismatics" garnered $9,900; The Charles Ruby Archive, a bound collection of some 5,000 letters and other items of numismatic interest dating from the mid-twentieth century, drew the interest of two mail bidders, two telephone bidders and at least one floor bidder and, after spirited bidding from all quarters, sold for $24,200, well over the pre-sale estimate of $15,000; a deluxe edition of Browning's classic work on U. S. Quarter Dollars sold for $7,150, and an example of the regular edition brought $3,960 on a $2,000 estimate; a great example of "Numismatica Americana," the Chapman Brothers' Original Client Ledger, realized $4,180; a superb leatherbound copy of George Clapp's classic work on 1798 & 1799 large cents opened at its estimate of $5,000 and ended up bringing a world record price of $8,250; perhaps the most sought-after lot in the sale, a superb first edition Yeoman "Red Book," attracted over a dozen mail bids, and after protracted floor bidding, brought an amazing $1,980, surely another world record price. A limited number of copies of the two catalogues with a prices realized list may be obtained by sending $25.00 to Kolbe. In late November, the firm will participate in an important specialized sale of rare and out of print numismatic books at htp://www.sothebys.com, and their next regular numismatic literature auction is scheduled for March 2002. Further details are available at the Kolbe web site: http://www.numislit.com." [A few other notable U.S. items: lot 482, Thomas Elder correspondence relating to "Plans for an Improvement of United States Coinage", $300; lot 496, another group of Elder correspondence with M. H. Bolender, $950; lot 509, J. Colvin Randall's complete set of Mason's Monthly, $1300; lot 538, Plated H.P. Smith sale of the Maris collection, $3800. -Editor]

Wayne Homren, Editor

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