The E-Sylum:  Volume 7, Number 4, January 25, 2004, Article 3

FORD LIBRARY SALE UPDATE

  George Kolbe writes: "After processing the details of our
  November 29th auction sale, taking a little time to enjoy the
  holidays, and bouts with various pesky flu bugs, we are back
  to cataloguing the first John J. Ford, Jr. Library sale, which
  will take place at the Mission Inn (www.missioninn.com ) in
  Riverside, California on Tuesday June 1st, 2004.

  We have been able to secure special room rates at the
  Mission Inn for Sunday May 30th, Monday May 31st, and
  Tuesday June 1st. Reservations can be made by calling (800)
  843-7755 or (909) 784-0300 ext. 850. Attendees must
  reference the GEORGE FREDERICK KOLBE FINE
  NUMISMATIC BOOKS group (what a mouthful) when
  making reservations. Those who have already reserved rooms
  should be able to obtain the special rate by calling one of the
  above telephone numbers and mentioning the magic words.
  There is also a wide variety of other lodging in the area.
  Those arriving by air for the sale may wish to choose Ontario
  International Airport, a new modern facility. It's about 10
  minutes from the Mission Inn, 45 minutes from Crestline,
  and 45 minutes from the Long Beach Convention Center,
  where dealer setup for the coin show is on the day following
  the sale.

  Some of the more interesting items catalogued in the Ford
  Library since our last report include:

 The Chapmans' Bid Book of the 1906 Wetmore sale, with
  plates

  Two additional American Bond Detectors, bringing the total
  to seven copies, all different in one respect or another. One
  of these last two is inscribed by Ordway, and the other is
  the 1871 Second Edition.

  Five editions of Hodges' Bank Note Safeguard 1859-1863,
  and Dye's 1855 Bank Note Plate Delineator, generally in
  exceptionally fine condition

  A 1910 work by James Cannon on 1907 Clearing House
  Loan Certificates, with 21 plates of the currency, mostly
  printed in colors

  The author's copy of Reed's 1879 Sketch of the Early
  History of Banking in Vermont, with specimens of Vermont
  State Bank notes and other items

  A deluxe leatherbound edition of Dietz's 1929 Postal
  Service of the Confederate States of America

  Wayte Raymond's 1875 Crosby in the Nova Constellatio
  binding

  A very fine plated 1882 Bushnell sale

  David Proskey's Priced and Named auction room copy
  of the Chapmans' 1882 Bushnell sale, with plates

  David Proskey's Priced and Named auction room copy
  of the Chapmans' 1884 Warner sale

  A superb plated 1905 John G. Mills sale

  A superb plated 1906 H. P. Smith sale

  The Chapmans' Bid Book of the 1906 H. P. Smith sale,
  with plates

  An exceptionally fine Post-Sale Hardbound 1909
  Zabriskie Sale with Plates

  A ?Mint? Plated 1909 Jewett Sale

  The Bid Book of the 1911 Julius Brown Sale

  William H. Woodin's superb leather-bound 1912 George
  H. Earle sale, with plates

  A "near new" plated 1916 Charley Gregory sale, in the
  original gilt-printed white paper covers

  A superb 1920 W. H. Hunter sale, with plates

  The Bid Book of the Hunter Sale

  A very fine copy of Marvin's 1880 Medals of the Masonic
  Fraternity; also the most complete example we have ever
  encountered of the Supplement.

  Wayte Raymond?s own copy of the 1925 W. W. C. Wilson
  Sale, With 56 Plates (the additional 11 plates depict Wilson's
  Bouquet Sous and all of the items depicted in the text as
  halftones)

  The Bid Book of the 1925 W. W. C. Wilson Sale

  The Bid Books of Parts II & III of the W. W. C. Wilson Sale

  By far the finest original set of Frossard's Numisma that we
  have ever encountered

  A 1792 French work comprising the documentary basis for
  the issuance of the Castorland Medal

  J. N. T. Levick?s Annotated Low on Hard Times Tokens,
  With Adams Plates

  The Chapmans' Bid Book of the 1882 Bushnell sale, with
  plates

  The Chapmans' Bid Book of the 1904 Mills sale, with plates

  S. H. Chapman?s Priced and Named 1909 Zabriskie Sale

  S. H. Chapman?s annotated sales room copy of the 1914
  Parsons Sale

  Wayte Raymond?s Hardbound United States Coin Company
  Sales, Including a Plated Lardner Catalogue and a Number
  of Bid Books

  J. N. T. Levick?s own annotated 1884 Levick sale, with a
  remarkable comment on cataloguer Woodward: ?His one eye
  didn't see it - as I did have it?

  This doesn't bring us up to date. We'll send in another report
  in the next week or two."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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