K&F BCD LIBRARY SALE, PART 2 HIGHLIGHTS

On Saturday, November 2, Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers will be holding the second sale of material from the BCD Library, the most extraordinary private collection of material on the coinage of antiquity that we have ever handled. Featuring classic references, modern die studies of individual cities, descriptive catalogues of important collections, and much else, the BCD Library has something to offer anyone with an interest in the ancient world. The online catalogue can be accessed at bid.numislit.com.

Some highlights of this first sale include:

   

 
Lots 41 and 69

Lot 41: Spyridis's history of the Olympic Games, featuring a rare printing of the program for the 1896 Olympics...

Lot 69: a 1691 expanded edition of Charles Patin's excellent Introduction a la connoissance des medailles, arguably his most influential work

 
Lots 74 and 120

Lot 74: the first illustrated edition (1671) of Spanheim's Dissertationes de praestantia et usu numismatum antiquorum...

Lot 120: a substantial set of the Revue belge de numismatique, being 95 volumes of this important journal, many of them in BCD bindings

 
Lots 153 and 190

Lot 153: Froelich's very rare 1758 Notitia elementaris numismatum antiquorum illorum, probably the final work published during his lifetime

Lot 190: a remarkable volume compiling eleven acquisition reports published by the Berlin Cabinet between 1874 and 1900, peak years of their collecting

 
Lot 170

Lot 170: the first volume of Rasche's 1778 update to Jobert, Die Kenntniss antiker Münzen, including all of the plates issued for the work

 
Lots 217 and 240

Lot 217: a rare, possibly unique, photographic record of the collection of Roman coins formed by Canadian collector Leo Meloche

Lot 240: Carl von Schachmann's 1774 Catalogue raisonné d'une collection de médailles, which was later donated to the Herzoglichen Sammlungen zu Gotha.

 
Lot 224

Lot 224: a fascinating 1842 manuscript by Samuel Weare Gardiner, based on the work of Erasmo Pistolesi, on the ancient coins at the Museo Borbonico

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 has also been listed on Biddr, NumisBids, and Numis24.

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, or phone must be received by November 1, 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. 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 auctions 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.

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
KOLBE & FANNING BCD LIBRARY SALE, PART 2 (https://www.coinbooks.org/v27/esylum_v27n40a02.html)

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