The E-Sylum:  Volume 5, Number 38, September 22, 2002, Article 4

KOLBE SALE #89 CATALOG READY

  George Kolbe sends the following press release for his latest
  sale:  "The upcoming November 14, 2002 auction conducted
  by George Frederick Kolbe/Fine Numismatic Books will be
  the most important offering of rare and out of print American
  numismatic literature to come to market since the firm's
  1998-2000 sales of the landmark Harry W. Bass, Jr. Library.

  The auction features a quarter million dollars of important
  works on a wide range of topics, including ancient numismatics,
  Renaissance medals, and standard works on medieval and
  modern foreign coins and medals, particularly those of the
  Latin and Spanish American world. In the American field, over
  two dozen Chapman brother and Thomas Elder auction
  catalogues featuring original photographic plates are included.
  Many of these, from the Denis Loring library, are classic large
  cent sales. A number of standard works on large cents are
  also included, among them being Judge Joseph Sawicki's copy
  of Clapp's 1931 The United States Cents of the Years 1798-
  1799, and Chapman's work on 1794 cents.

  A few additional highlights follow (estimates are within
  parentheses): A newly discovered Large Paper copy of
  Hickcox's 1858 An Historical Account of American Coinage
  ($3,500); An original set of Habich's Deutschen Schaumünzen
  ($2,000); A fine set of Mazerolle's 1902-1904 Les
  Medailleurs Français ($2,000); the rare 1726 edition of
  Numismata Ærea Selectiora Maximi Moduli e Museo Pisano
  Olim Corrario, considered to be a masterpiece of Venetian
  baroque book illustration ($2,500); two sets of Dasi's five
  volume Estudio de los Reales de a Ocho ($450 & $500); a
  fine set of Rizzo's magnificent 1945-1946 Monete Greche
  della Sicilia ($3,500);  Deluxe Leatherbound Editions of B.
  Max Mehl's famous 1941 Dunham and 1946 Atwater sale
  catalogues ($1,250 & $1,000); a very fine example of the
  United States Coin Company's 1915 H. O. Granberg (A
  Prominent American) sale catalogue with photographic plates
  ($2,500); a superb plated 1907 Stickney catalogue in a
  special binding ($2,000); a long run of The Numismatist,
  beginning with Volume Three; an extensive photographic
  archive belonging to Ray Byrne on the West Indies, Mexico,
  Latin America, the Philippines, etc. ($1,000);  a remarkably
  fine set of The Elder Monthly ($1,000); a superb
  leatherbound set of Mehl's Numismatic Monthly ($2,000);
  two sets of Yeoman Red Books, and multiple copies of the
  early editions, some in exceptional condition; A complete set
  of Corpus Nummorum Italicorum ($3,000); Aloiss Heiss's
  inscribed copy of Herrera's classic 1884 work on Spanish
  Proclamation Medals ($1,250); Svoronos' 1904-1908 Coins
  of the Ptolemies ($1,000); Superior Stamp and Coin Company's
  own set of Money Talks ($500); and Deluxe Leatherbound
  Editions of five Superior Galleries auction sale catalogues
  ($750 to $2,500).

  Catalogues may be obtained by sending $10.00 to the firm.
  The catalogue is also available at the firm's web site:
  http://www.numislit.com/."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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