MORE NBS BENEFIT SALE LOTS ANNOUNCED

PREV ARTICLE NEXT ARTICLE FULL ISSUE PREV FULL ISSUE

V19 2016 INDEX E-SYLUM ARCHIVE

The E-Sylum: Volume 19, Number 31, July 31, 2016, Article 2

Barring late arrivals, we’re up to 26 lots. There is something in the sale for nearly everyone, including:

Ted Craige’s original “1967 Franklin Hoard of United States Office of Gold Coins” by John J. Ford, Jr., with additional documentation;
A handsome, special hardbound edition of the 2012 Prospero Collection of Spectacular Ancient Greek Coins;
A Pre-Publication Draft of “1792: Birth of a Nation’s Coinage,” by Pete Smith, Joel Orosz, and Len Augsburger;
An original 1921 copy of Henry Chapman’s landmark “Catalogue of the John Story Jenks Collection”;
Thomas Jefferson’s 1790 Report Respecting Coins, Weights, and Measures, published in The American Museum, Philadelphia, 1790;
An original “Invasion of Louisville” Video, an hour long, and one of only 11 VHS tapes made, accompanied by a DVD copy, for easy viewing;
A “NUMIMATIC BIBLOMANIA” bourse table sign from the 1989 ANA Convention;
Don Taxay’s “1971 Comprehensive Catalogue and Encyclopedia of United States Coins,” inscribed and signed by its mysterious author;
Eighteen additional interesting and often unusual items!

16. KONVOLUT!* OVER 30 U.S. AUCTION SALES, ETC. An interesting and varied assemblage,
Donated by Joe Foster.

17. HORATIO R. STORER’S MEDALS, JETONS AND TOKENS ILLUSTRATIVE OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNÆCOLOGY. Original 1887 offprint. Ex Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia Library. Rare. Donated by Joe Foster.

18. TED CRAIGE’S ORIGINAL 1967 FRANKLIN HOARD OF UNITED STATES ASSAY OFFICE OF GOLD COINS, AN ANSWER TO ERIC P. NEWMAN. BY JOHN J. FORD, JR. Ex August 13, 1983 Kolbe sale of the Craige Library, Lot 591, where it sold to John Adams for $2500 hammer. Original maroon cloth-backed brown card covers. According to Ford, only 12 copies were originally made. Also present there, and here, is “correspondence concerning this controversy, including photographic copies of the August, 1966 Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society report which prompted Ford’s response, the text of Newman’s talk, “Perfection in Forgery”, given at the 1967 convention of the International Numismatic Congress, and Ted Craige’s carbon copy of his letter and documentation, which is reproduced in the Ford work.”
Donated by John W. Adams.

A highlight of this NBS Benefit Sale, as indeed it would be of ANY noteworthy auction of classic American numismatic literature.

19. BREEN’S UGLY DUCKLINGS: THE UNITED STATES HALF CENTS, 1793-1857. AN EXERCISE IN DESCRIPTIVE CLASSIFICATION. [New York: F. C. C. Boyd Foundation, 1959 (Berkeley, 1966)]. Approximately 275 8.5 by 11 inch loose leaves of typescript with numerous manuscript corrections and additions, all in early photocopy. The initial draft, revised up to 1966, of this remarkable work, spectacularly brought to fruition in 1983 by NBS co-founder Jack Collins.
Donated by John W. Adams.

20. SIGNED COPY OF DON TAXAY’S 1971 COMPREHENSIVE CATALOGUE AND ENCYCLOPEDIA OF UNITED STATES COINS. Première Edition, 1970. Original binding, jacket. Fine. Inscribed and signed by the mysterious author, 9/3/75. Rarely found thus.
Donated by David Fanning.

21. STEPHEN SCHER’S THE CURRENCY OF FAME: PORTRAIT MEDALS OF THE RENAISSANCE. 1994. Original cloth, jacket. As new. Handsomely illustrated.
Donated by Kolbe & Fanning.

22. SPECIAL EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED LEATHERBOUND EDITION OF THE ROBINSON S. BROWN, JR. COLLECTION OF LARGE CENTS. Superior Galleries, 1986. Original processed leather; slipcase, jacket. With 40 added photographic plates. Near new. A landmark collection, catalogued by NBS co-founder Jack Collins.
Donated by Kolbe & Fanning.

23. MILDENBERG & HURTER’S THE ARTHUR S. DEWING COLLECTION OF GREEK COINS. ANS, 1985. Two volumes. Original matching cloth, slipcase. Fine.
Donated by Kolbe & Fanning.

24. ASHTON & HURTER’S STUDIES IN GREEK NUMISMATICS IN MEMORY OF MARTIN JESSOP PRICE. 1998. Original cloth; jacket. An important festschrift.
Donated by Kolbe & Fanning.

25. SPECIAL EDITION OF THE PROSPERO COLLECTION. SPECTACULAR ANCIENT GREEK COINS. January 4, 2012. Original cloth, jacket. Near new. The Special Hardbound Edition of this landmark sale, extensively illustrated.
Donated by Kolbe & Fanning.

26. PRE-PUBLICATION DRAFT OF 1792: BIRTH OF A NATION’S COINAGE. By Pete Smith, Joel Orosz, and Len Augsburger. To be published in 2016. 372 pages, signed by the authors and housed in a 3-ring binder. Be the first on your block to read what is sure to be an indispensable and comprehensive landmark work.
Donated by the Authors.

MORE NBS BENEFIT SALE LOTS ANNOUNCED

THE BOOK BAZARRE