The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 24, June 12, 2005, Article 2

KOLBE FORD II SALE RESULTS

Taken from the press release: "The second part of the John J.
Ford, Jr. American Numismatic Library and the outstanding
Craig and Ruanne Smith Library, sold at auction on June 4 & 6,
2005, brought a total of over $571,000. This is the second
highest total ever recorded for an auction event comprised of
rare and out of print numismatic literature, exceeded only by
the June 1, 2004 Ford I sale, which brought 1.66 million dollars.
The 400 lots in the Smith Library realized nearly $383,000; the
750 Ford lots realized over $188,000.

The total amount realized by the two Ford Library sales comes
to an astounding $1,851,000. This eclipses the total of
approximately one million dollars realized by the four Armand
Champa Library sales, and the 1.25 million dollar total of the
five Harry Bass Library sales. Illustrated copies of the Ford II
and Smith catalogues, accompanied by the prices realized list,
may still be ordered by sending $35.00 to George Frederick
Kolbe, Fine Numismatic Books, P. O. Drawer 3100, Crestline,
CA 92325. A limited number of Ford I catalogues are also
available for $35.00.

Sale highlights include: a superb leather bound set of The
Numismatist, 1888-1952, including the first six original volumes
from the library of the first A. N. A. president, brought $41,400;
a complete, handsomely bound set of the American Journal of
Numismatics realized $34,500; a complete, most attractive
leather bound set of American Numismatic Society Numismatic
Notes and Monographs sold for $10,925; a handsome leather
bound set of Ars Classica auction sale catalogues of ancient
coins went for $5,750; a number of Chapman Brothers auction
catalogues with original photographic plates, along with a number
of the firm’s unique Bid Books brought strong prices, led by S. H.
Chapman’s priced and named 1916 Bement sale, which sold for
$4,830; Colonel Green’s deluxe full morocco edition of Browning’s
classic 1925 work on quarter dollars realized $12,650; several
hardbound sets of classic 19th and 20th century American auction
sale catalogues originally in the George Fuld Library mostly brought
strong prices; fascinating and historically important early
correspondence written by Walter Breen, John J. Ford, Jr., and
other important American numismatists generally sold very well,
bringing as much as five times—in one case over ten times—the
estimates; important Americana, including an extensive selection
of nineteenth century American Directories brought mixed, though
often strong, prices; eight remarkably fine original copies of
Crosby’s 1875 Early Coins of America, including John Robinson’s
superb Subscription Copy sold extremely well, the subscription
copy selling for a world record price of $10,350; a fine hardbound
set of B. Max Mehl auction sale catalogues and a set of Mehl’s
Numismatic Monthly sold for $6,325 and $2,300 respectively;
a very rare 1840 Brasseaux work on Napoleonic medals went
for $920; and Harry Bass’s annotated set of Walter Breen
monographs on United States gold coins, estimated at $2,500,
sold for $5,290."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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