The E-Sylum:  Volume 7, Number 11, March 14, 2004, Article 3

KOLBE JOHN J. FORD LIBRARY SALE UPDATE

  George Kolbe writes: "The last installment of Ford Library
  highlights follows. Basic cataloguing is done.  The catalogue
  should be accessible online at our web site (www.numislit.com)
  around the end of March; printed catalogues should be
  available around the end of April. Lots will be available for
  viewing by appointment here in Crestline during the April 15-18
  Early American Coppers Convention in San Diego (2 hours
  away by car). Those planning to attend the sale are advised to
  make room reservations at The Mission Inn in Riverside soon
  to secure the special room rate (see our web site for further
  details).    Sale highlights include:

  A large, outstanding selection of Western directories dating
  from the 1850s

  Other important early directories

  Important Banking Directories

  A set of The Numismatist, 1894-1974

  A fine run of 78 Mint Reports, 1878-1983

  The Battle of the Ironclads: a remarkable Civil War Memento
  from the Commander of the Monitor, Rear Admiral John
  Lorimer Worden, comprising a Leather-Bound Presentation
  volume to his cousin containing works and papers concerning
  the engagement of the Monitor and the Merrimac

  A fine collection of John J. Ford, Jr.s earliest numismatic
  publications, issued while he was a teenager.

  A file of 21 most interesting letters from Eric Newman to
  F. C. C. Boyd on various numismatic topics

  John Ford's Hardbound set of New Netherlands Sales,
  1951-1960

  A Very Special Run of New Netherlands Sales, 1951-1976,
  featuring many of the auctioneers' and other annotated copies

  A 1945 letter from Assistant Mint Engraver Adam Pietz to
  Wayte Raymond

  Interesting correspondence concerning the 1804 dollar,
  including a 1905 letter from John Nexsen to Lyman Low, and
  an 1884 letter, 1804 dollar photograph, and ink manuscript
  sent by Ivan Michels to Lyman Low.

  A large file of fascinating early correspondence between
  Wayte Raymond and Walter Breen, dating to when Breen
  was attending Johns Hopkins in 1951

  Three superb studio portrait photographs of Thomas Elder

  A series of apparently unknown Elder photographic plates
  depicting rare early merchant tokens and political medals

  A 1946 letter from George Clapp to Henry Hines, reading
  in part: 'When my collection reaches the A. N. S., it will be
  the most complete and largest collection of the Large Cents
  " about 1600 "which has ever been made, a collection that
  today cannot be duplicated"

  A loose set of Clapp 1798-1799 photographic plates

  A manuscript by Harry F. Williams entitled: "A Monograph
  Describing the Gold Coins of Latin America and Treating of
  Their Rarity . . . For the Personal Use of Waldo Newcomer."

  1952 correspondence and other materials pertaining to a 1785
  Confederatio cent sold by James Kelly to John Ford, which
  was expertly plugged by Kelly but apparently was not disclosed.

  1951 correspondence between John J. Ford, Jr. and Walter
  Breen in which an impecunious Breen is taken to task for his
  grooming: "It seems that you have ignored my repeated warnings
  about your personal appearance- everything from keeping the
  hair cut; daily shaving; clean nails; and last but not least, clean,
  pressed clothes. Walter, you are a product of a rough,
  unfortunate environment and you must rise above it."  Breen's
  response begins: "Since when do your associates-or whoever
  it is-employ stool pigeons?" Despite such fusillades, the
  correspondence makes it clear that, despite their frustration,
  both men respect each other.

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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