David Fanning forwarded this note about the upcoming Kolbe & Fanning numismatic literature sale. Thanks. -Editor
Kolbe & Fanning wish to remind everyone that our Sale 139, featuring selections from the libraries of Margo Russell and Raymond Hale,
will be held beginning at noon eastern time on Saturday, August 22.
Some highlights from the sale include:
- Lot 58: Hill’s corpus on Italian Renaissance medals
- Lots 84 and 85: Van Loon’s classic work on Dutch medals, with the rare continuation (offered separately)
- Lot 92: an exceptionally fine set of Mazzini’s Monete Imperiale Romane
- Lot 225: a plated Stickney catalogue
- Lot 228: the John Story Jenks sale, with plates
- Lot 253: a plated copy of Elder’s Gschwend sale
- Lot 315: one of ten deluxe, combined leatherbound editions of the Bass library sales
- Lot 374: a rare deluxe Newcomb on 1801-03, with correspondence between the author and Henry Hines
- Lot 419: a complete set of Scott’s Coin Collector’s Journal.
Lots 58 and 92
Lots 84 and 85
Lots 225 and 228
Lots 253 and 315
Lots 374 and 419
The sale has been posted to Kolbe & Fanning’s custom online biding platform at auction.numislit.com, where every lot is illustrated in color and where absentee bids can be placed at
any time prior to the sale. The live sale will be conducted on the same site beginning at noon eastern time this Saturday, August 22.
Printed copies of the catalogue have been mailed to those on our mailing list. For the convenience of browsing and keyword searching, a PDF
of the printed version has been posted on the main Kolbe & Fanning website at numislit.com.
As a reminder, bidders may participate in this sale in a variety of ways. Please feel free to send us your bids in the regular mail or
send us an e-mail at df@numislit.com . Give us a call or send us a fax. However, all
absentee bids given to us must be received by the day before the sale. For those who prefer the experience of live bidding, please check
out our live biding platform at auction.numislit.com. Register in advance of the sale and browse the lots at your leisure: all lots are
illustrated in the online catalogue. Absentee bids can be placed online anytime before the lot is sold. Bids will be reduced as competition
dictates and the privacy of your maximum bids is maintained.
Thanking you in advance for your bids,
Kolbe & Fanning
Wayne Homren, Editor
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