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V25 2022 INDEX E-SYLUM ARCHIVE

The E-Sylum: Volume 25, Number 48, November 27, 2022, Article 3

Here are some additional highlights of the next Kolbe & Fanning numismatic literature sale. See an article elsewhere in this issue for more information on one of the lots. -Editor

Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers will be holding an auction sale this Saturday, December 3, 2022, beginning at 12:00 noon eastern time. The sale includes a wide variety of rare and out-of-print works on coins, medals, and paper money from antiquity to the present, and encompasses consignments from around the world. Some highlights of the sale include:

Lot 34: a complete priced and plated set of the thirteen Glendining's catalogues of the Richard Cyril Lockett collection

Lot 46: a priced and named copy of Jacob Hirsch's very scarce and highly important 1905 catalogue of the Rhousopoulos collection

Lot 106: the three-volume 1703 Amsterdam edition of Jean Foy Vaillant's Nummi antiqui familiarum romanarum, with 152 plates of coins

Lot 114: Bettange's rare 1760 TTraité des monnoyes, an important early work on the coining process, in contemporary bindings

Lot 159: Dr. Vladimir Clain-Stefanelli's copy of the rare deluxe edition of Abe Kosoff's Georgii Mikhailovich album, with additional photographs and letters

Lots 171: José Toribio Medina’s scarce 1919 publication on the obsidional coinage of Spanish America, one of only 150 copies printed

Lot 173: Admiral the Marquess of Milford Haven's classic 1919 folio on British naval medals, one of the true landmarks of numismatic literature

Lot 269: a fine plated copy of S.H. Chapman's 1911 catalogue of the Julius Brown collection, notable for ancient, British and American material

Lot 288: Jim McGuigan's copy of the rare leatherbound deluxe edition of Roger Cohen's 1982 American Half Cents: The Little Half Sisters

Lot 387: a complete set of J.W. Scott & Company's Coin Collector's Journal, among the most important 19th-century American numismatic publications.

Register early to bid online
Bids may be placed via post, email, fax or phone, as well as online. Kolbe & Fanning use Auction Mobility as our third-party online bidding platform. Auction Mobility is an app-based platform allowing users the ability to participate in the sale through phones, tablets and computers. To register for the sale, bidders must go to bid.numislit.com and sign up. Once you have set up an account, you may browse lots, place advance bids, or participate in the live sale online. Those wishing to participate on their devices can download the Kolbe & Fanning app through the Apple or Google Play Store. The sale has also been listed on Biddr and NumisBids.

The printed catalogue has been mailed to all active customers on our mailing list. As international mail speeds have been inconsistent, we encourage our foreign clients to consult the electronic catalogue in case their printed catalogue does not arrive promptly. A PDF of the printed catalogue has been posted to our main website at numislit.com for those who prefer that format. Bids placed via post, email, fax or phone must be received by December 2, the day before the sale, in order for them to be processed. Advance absentee bids may also be placed at any time online at bid.numislit.com. Live internet bidding will be available during the sale itself through the same platform.

Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers LLC is a licensed and bonded auction firm in the State of Ohio. For more information, please see the Kolbe & Fanning website at numislit.com or email David Fanning at df@numislit.com. To register for the sale, go to bid.numislit.com. We look forward to your participation.