KOLBE & FANNING’S 2017 NEW YORK BOOK AUCTION

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V20 2017 INDEX E-SYLUM ARCHIVE

The E-Sylum: Volume 20, Number 2, January 8, 2017, Article 4

Here's a final reminder from David Fanning of this week's Kolbe & Fanning 2017 New York Book Auction. -Editor

Kolbe & Fanning will be conducting our 2017 New York Book Auction this Saturday, January 14, at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York in conjunction with the New York International Numismatic Convention. The sale features selections from the libraries of Italo Vecchi and Tom Cederlind, as well as other properties pertaining to ancient, foreign and American numismatics. The 400-lot sale can be viewed through our custom bidding platform at auction.numislit.com, where absentee bids can be placed in advance and where bidders can participate in the sale live. The sale will begin at 12:30 p.m. eastern time, in the Norse Suite on the 18th Floor of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Lot viewing will take place in the Library Suite, also located on the 18th Floor, beginning on Thursday morning.

As a reminder, any absentee bids sent by fax or post must be received in Kolbe & Fanning’s Ohio offices by Monday, January 9. Bids may be placed with David Fanning by email to df@numislit.com or by phone at (614) 256-8915 through Friday, January 13. Phone and email bids cannot be accepted on the day of the sale. Those who wish to participate during the sale via the internet can do so through the online bidding platform at auction.numislit.com: bidders are strongly encouraged to register in advance to avoid any difficulties in last-minute registration. We are looking forward to the sale and thank you in advance for your participation.

I'm planning to be in New York later this week and hope to view some of the lots prior to the sale. See the earlier E-Sylum articles for sale highlights. Here are a few online lot descriptions to whet bidding appetites. Good luck in the sale, everyone! -Editor

Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. HISTOIRE DE L'ACADÉMIE ROYALE DES INSCRIPTIONS ET BELLES LETTRES, DEPUIS SON ESTABLISSEMENT JUSQU'À PRESENT... TOME PREMIER. Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1717. 4to [26 by 20.5 cm], original full brown calf; spine with five raised bands, richly decorated and lettered in gilt, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt; board edges hatched in gilt; all page edges red. Engraved allegorical frontispiece; engraved title vignette and headpieces; (18), 394, (2), 384 pages; [18 additional plates and text illustrations]. Generally clean and well-preserved contents, with occasional marginal discoloration toward end of volume; binding a bit worn and rubbed, with chip at base of spine. Very good or better. See catalogue for full description.

Ars Classica / Naville et Cie. COMPLETE SET OF EIGHTEEN CLASSIC AUCTION CATALOGUES. Lucerne, 1921-38. Eighteen well-illustrated quarto volumes, as bound in thirteen. [See catalogue for individual descriptions.] A well-preserved set, with mostly matching bindings that are a bit rubbed from use. Sale IX covers worn, especially at spine, and repaired with archival mending tissue; plates chipped at margin, not affecting images. Most volumes with only minor signs of internal wear. Very good or better. See catalogue for full description.

Lot 22. Babelon's Classic Work on Roman Republican Coins

Babelon, Ernest. DESCRIPTION HISTORIQUE ET CHRONOLOGIQUE DES MONNAIES DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE ROMAINE, VULGAIREMENT APPELÉES MONNAIES CONSULAIRES. Paris, 1885. Two volumes. 8vo, contemporary maroon half calf with mottled sides; spines ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt; all page edges mottled red; original printed wraps bound in. xii, lvi, 562; (4), 669 (1) pages; coin illustrations throughout the text. Bindings somewhat worn; very good. See catalogue for full description

Budé, Guillaume. DE ASSE ET PARTIBUS EIUS LIBRI QUINQ[UE] GUILLIELMI BUDEI PARISIENSIS SECRETARII REGII. (Paris, March 1514). ... Folio [31 by 21 cm], modern full brown calf; spine ruled in blind and lettered in gilt; all page edges red. (7), CLXXII printed leaves..., for 358 pages total; title printed in gothic letter within a superb woodcut border, with a large woodcut of Badius Ascensius's printer's device of a printing shop in the center; woodcut initials. Lacking final blank. Title page trimmed and mounted on preceding blank leaf, with some wear and loss to border; three following leaves with professional repairs to gutter, with minor loss to a few words on the first text leaf; final leaf worn with a few small areas of loss. Rest of volume fairly well-preserved, with occasional browning or mild discoloration. Very good. See catalogue for full description.

Goltzius, Hubertus. HUBERTI GOLTZII DE RE NUMMARIA ANTIQUA, OPERA QUAE EXTANT UNIVERSA, QUINQUE VOLUMINIBUS COMPREHENSA. TOMUS PRIMUS-QUINTUS. Antwerp: Hendrik Verdussen and Corneel Verdussen, 1708. Five volumes, complete. Folio [38 by 24.5 cm], late 18th- or early 19th-century matching olive-brown quarter calf with marbled sides; spines with five raised bands, gilt; two black morocco spine labels, gilt; remaining compartments ruled and decorated in gilt; all page edges marbled; marbled endpapers. A well-preserved set, with only minor wear; though some joints exhibit cracking, the bindings remain sound. The usual offset discoloration from the tinted plates in the final volume is not distracting. Near fine. See catalogue for full description.

Davenport, John S. WORLD CROWNS AND TALERS. A complete set of the nine main illustrated volumes. Lot also includes several additional works by Davenport: his 1949 German Talers since 1800; the first (1967) edition of German Church and City Talers, 1600-1700; his 1996 East Baltic Regional Coinage; the 1982 edition of the Standard Price Guide to World Crowns and Talers; his 1956 Oversize Multiple Talers of the Brunswick Duchies and Saxe-Lauenburg; and his third edition of Large Size Silver Coins of the World. Varying formats, all original bindings (all but two hardcover). Generally fine or nearly so.

[American Numismatic Association]. Plain Talk Publishing Company. PLAIN TALK. Eight issues, comprising Vol. X, Whole Nos. 67-71 and 73-75 (March-November 1891, lacking August). Tabloid [29.5 by 22 cm], self-covered as issued. Some folds mended with archival tape. Generally very good or better. Very rare and very important for the history of the hobby in the United States. See catalogue for full description.

American Numismatic Association. OFFICIAL CONVENTION PHOTOGRAPH FOR THE 1944 CONVENTION OF THE AMERICAN NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION, FRAMED WITH RIBBONS. Chicago: La Salle Hotel, Aug. 27, 1944. Kaufmann and Abry, photographers. Matted under glass and framed in brown wood with hanger affixed to back. Visible image dimensions 44.5 by 22 cm; frame dimensions 57.5 by 35.5 cm. Two blue convention ribbons, lettered in gilt, affixed to upper corners of photo under glass. Image surface with a couple tiny flaws, but still fine. See catalogue for full description.

Lot 355. Correspondence between Tom Elder and M.A. Powills

Tom Elder correspondence with M.A. Ppowills

Elder, Thomas L., and Michael A. Powills. CORRESPONDENCE EXCHANGED BETWEEN TOM ELDER AND M.A. POWILLS. New York and Chicago, 1930-46. File of approximately forty original letters, postcards, bidsheets and carbon-copies of letters. Around half of the items included are carbon-copies of letters from Powills to Elder. The remainder include Elder's original correspondence, some of it typewritten, some completely handwritten, some a combination of the two. See catalogue for full description.