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V27 2024 INDEX E-SYLUM ARCHIVE

The E-Sylum: Volume 27, Number 23, June 9, 2024, Article 2

Here are additional selections from the next Kolbe & Fanning numismatic literature sale, featuring books on ancient, world and U.S. numismatics. which closes next Saturday. Get your bids in - some nice material here. -Editor

We are getting close to Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers' next auction of rare and out-of-print numismatic literature from around the world, which will be held on Saturday, June 15. The sale includes a wide variety of books and other publications on ancient, world and U.S. numismatics, featuring material from the libraries of Wayne Homren and other consignors. Some highlights of this first sale include:

Lot 6: a complete set of Max Bahrfeldt's revision of Babelon on Roman Republican coins

Lot 94: the original 1865–1875 French edition of Théodore Mommsen's landmark Histoire de la monnaie romaine, ex the RBW Library

Lot 116: Rollin & Feuardent's 1887 catalogue of the collection of Roman & Byzantine gold coins belonging to the Vicomte de Ponton d'Amécourt

Lot 151: the expanded 1723 second edition of the extraordinary compendium of Louis XIV medals, featuring 318 finely engraved folio plates

Lot 224: two works by José Toribio Medina: Las monedas coloniales Hispano-Americanas and Las monedas coloniales de Chile, handsomely bound

Lot 282: the first seventeen volumes of the American Journal of Numismatics (1866–1883), bound in four volumes

Lot 386: an original Loco Foco Juggernaut shinplaster, a rare and important satirical Hard Times note

Lot 311: a plated copy of Henry Chapman's massive 1921 catalogue of the John Story Jenks collection, from the library of Harry W. Bass, Jr.

Lot 409: the first separately published work on U.S. large cents, Edward Maris's 1869 Varieties of the Copper Issues of the United States Mint in the Year 1794

Lot 416: a complete set of Mehl's Numismatic Monthly (1908–1919), an important and scarce publication, being sold on behalf of the NBS.

Register early to bid online
Bids may be placed via post, email, 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 will also be listed on Biddr and NumisBids in the near future.

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 June 14, 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, and our sales are conducted by licensed auctioneers. 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