The priced realized list for the recent Kolbe & Fanning numismatic literature Sale No. 140 is available on the firm's website. Here
are prices for some items mentioned in earlier E-Sylum articles. -Editor
Lot 15: Beaupré’s rare work on the medallist Ferdinand de Saint-Urbain
Beaupré, M. CATALOGUE DESCRIPTIF DES OUVRAGES DE FERDINAND DE SAINT-URBAIN. Nancy: Lucien Wiener, 1867. 8vo, contemporary tan half calf,
gilt, with marbled sides; spine with five raised bands, ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt; marbled endpapers. Realized: $300
Lot 70: Friedensburg’s rare three-volume publication on medieval Silesian coins
Friedensburg, F. SCHLESIENS MÜNZGESCHICHTE IM MITTELALTER. THEIL I: URKUNDENBUCH UND MÜNZTAFELN. THEIL II: MÜNZGESCHICHTE UND
MÜNZBESCHREIBUNG. (THEIL III): ERGÄNZUNGSBAND. Breslau: Josef Max & Comp., 1887, 1888; E. Wohlfarth, 1904. Three volumes, complete.
Realized: $400
Lot 142: Medina on European medals relating to the Americas
Medina, J.T. MEDALLAS EUROPEAS RELATIVAS A AMÉRICA . Buenos Aires, 1924. Small 4to [27 by 19 cm], contemporary black quarter morocco with
mottled boards; spine with five raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt. xv, (1), 377, (7) pages; halftone illustrations of medals
throughout the text. Realized: $375
Lot 157: Niggl’s First Volume on Musical Medals
Niggl, Paul. MUSI KER MEDAILLEN . HOFHEIM AM TAUNUS, 1965. 4to, original tan linen lettered in red. 268, (2) pages; illustrated.
Realized: $170
Lot 158: Niggl’s Second Volume on Musical Medals
Niggl, Paul. MUSI KER MEDAILLEN II. HOFHEIM AM TAUNUS, 1987. 4to, original tan linen lettered in red. 196 pages; illustrated. Realized:
$350
Lot 174: Rodolfo Ratto’s 1928 Sale
Ratto, Rodolfo. COLLECTION EDWARD A. SYDENHAM ESQ. M.A. DE OXFORD ET D’UN AUTRE AMATEUR. AES GRAVE ITA-LIQUE, MONNAIES ROMAINES
CONSULAIRES. Lugano, 7 février 1928. 4to, original printed card covers. (4), 33, (3) pages; 29 fine plates of coins Realized:
$500
Lot 273: An original copy of Attinelli’s Numisgraphics
Attinelli, E.J. NUMISGRAPHICS, OR A LIST OF CATALOGUES, IN WHICH OCCUR COINS OR MEDALS, WHICH HAVE BEEN SOLD BY AUCTION IN THE UNITED
STATES, ALSO, A LIST OF CATALOGUES OR PRICE LISTS OF COINS, ISSUED BY DEALERS, ALSO, A LIST OF VARIOUS PUBLICATIONS OF MORE OR LESS
INTEREST TO NUMISMATOLOGISTS, WHICH HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED IN THE UNITED STATES. New York, 1876. 8vo [26 by 16.5 cm], handsomely bound in
mottled blue half calf with gray paper sides by Alan Grace; spine with two raised bands ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt; housed in a
dark gray cloth slipcase; original printed front wrapper mounted and bound in. 123, (1) pages; folding frontispiece facsimile of the 1828
Watkins broadside. Realized: $2750
Lot 314: Curtis Numismatic Lottery Scheme
Curtis, John K. TO NUMISMATISTS IN PARTICULAR! AND TO EVERYBODY IN GENERAL! THE GREATEST CHANCE EVER OFFERED TO OBTAIN RARE AND VALUABLE
COINS AND MEDALS, AT THE VERY LOW SUM OF ONE DOLLAR EACH. New York: James Huggins, Printer, (1861). Handbill [23.5. by 15 cm], printed on
one side. Just a trifle foxed. Mounted on black board and framed. Near fine. Realized $300.
Lot 339: The First Cincinnati Coin Auction
Hubbard, S.G. [auctioneer]. GREAT SALE OF OLD COINS, TOKENS AND COIN CASE, AT AUCTION! (Cincinnati), March 18, (1863). Broadside [78.5 by
63 cm / 31 by 24 inches], professionally framed [frame dimensions are 88.5 by 70.5 cm / 35 by 28 inches]. 682 lots. Realized
$1900.
Lot 362: 1863 Leeds & Co. Broadside
Leeds & Co., Henry H. CATALOGUE OF RARE COINS, MEDALS AND TOKENS. (New York), December 24, 1863. Broadside [46 by 18.5 cm]. Lots 101–217.
Several folds. Realized: $300
Lot 416: A 21-volume hardcover set of John J. Ford, Jr. coin sales
Stack’s. public auction sales. JOHN J. FORD , JR. COLLECTION . COINS , MEDALS AND CURRENCY . PARTS I–XXI. NUMISMATIC AMERICAN HISTORY. New
York etc., 2003–07. Twenty-one catalogues. 4to, original maroon cloth, gilt; upper covers embossed; decorative endpapers. 5464 pages;
10,885 lots; numerous portraits; profusely illustrated throughout, largely in full color. Realized: $1600
To read the complete prices realized, see:
www.numislit.com/pdfs/140PRL.pdf
To read the earlier E-Sylum articles, see:
KOLBE & FANNING’S SALE 140 CLOSES NOVEMBER 7, 2015
(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v18n40a04.html)
SELECTIONS FROM KOLBE & FANNING SALE 140
(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v18n44a20.html)
Wayne Homren, Editor
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