THE JANUARY 2012 KOLBE & FANNING NEW YORK BOOK SALE

Final preparations are being made for the January 7, 2012 Public Auction Sale of Rare and Important Numismatic Works scheduled to take place in New York City at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in conjunction with the New York International Numismatic Convention (NYINC).

The sale already features rarities galore, including:

• A pleasing example of the first edition of the first printed numismatic book, Guillaume Budé's landmark 1514 De Asse et Partibus Eius, devoted to ancient coins and their metrology

• An original inventory of the entire Colonel E.H.R. Green Coin Collection, one of only two known

• A complete three-volume set of Original Photographs of the Colonel E.H.R. Green Collection of Quarter Eagles, Half Eagles & Eagles, also one of only two complete sets known

• An exceptional, complete Set of Visconti & Mongez's very rare 1808–26 Iconographie grecque et romaine, as published and originally bound in seven volumes. Over two feet in height and nearly 20 inches wide, these immense tomes weigh a total of 115 pounds (52 kg) and feature 130 finely engraved plates in monumental format, most featuring numismatic images.

• A remarkable 1890 Bureau of Engraving & Printing Vignette Book, perhaps from the library of President Benjamin Harrison, weighing 9 lbs, measuring 10 by 8.5 by 4 inches, and superbly bound in blue full morocco, featuring over 220 superb BEP steel-engraved portrait and vignette plates

• A series of detailed notebooks describing and depicting George Perkin's various collections of American colonial coins, including his remarkable collection of Connecticut Coppers

• Twenty-three classic Samuel Hudson and Henry Chapman American auction sale catalogues with original photographic plates, generally in excellent condition

Time is running short and those interested in consigning outstanding works to the sale are advised to contact Kolbe & Fanning before the end of September. David Fanning: Tel (614) 414-0855, df@numislit.com; George Kolbe: (909) 338-0855, gfk@numislit.com.

Wayne Homren, Editor

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