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Auction Name Numismatic Books Total Sales (USD) 88,383.93
Auction Date October 21, 2016 - October 21, 2016 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 80,440.00
Sale Number #143 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 80,440.00
Total Lots 293
Sold Lots 224 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 97,795.00
% of Lots Sold 76.45% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 97,795.00
Unsold Lots 69 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 90.38%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
273 Weyl, Adolph.

VERZEICHNISS EINER BEDEUTENDEN SAMMLUNG VON MÜNZEN UND MEDAILLEN VON AMERIKA, AUSTRALIEN, ASIEN UND AFRIKA, SOWIE EINER STATTLICHEN REIHE PROKLAMATIONS-MÜNZEN VON SPANIEN.

1884 USD 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 USD 4,700.00
145 Elder, Thomas L.

CATALOGUE OF THE FORTY-THIRD PUBLIC SALE. MAGNIFICENT RARE COIN COLLECTION OF THE LATE PETER MOUGEY, ESQR. OF CINCINNATI, OHIO. OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

1910 USD 3,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 3,231.25
253 (Strobridge, William Harvey).

A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE SEAVEY COLLECTION OF AMERICAN COINS, THE PROPERTY OF LORIN G. PARMELEE, OF BOSTON.

1873 USD 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 3,231.25
146 Elder, Thomas L.

CATALOGUE OF THE FORTY-EIGHTH PUBLIC AUCTION SALE. MAGNIFICENT COLLECTION OF RARE AMERICAN COINS OF WILLIAM H. WOODIN, ESQR., OF NEW YORK CITY.

1911 USD 4,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,937.50
236 (Smith, Harlan Page).

CATALOGUE OF COLONIAL, UNITED STATES, AND PATTERN PIECES FROM THE CABINET OF DR. EDWARD MARIS OF PHILADELPHIA.

1886 USD 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,937.50
241 Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge.

CATALOGUE OF THE VALUABLE COLLECTION OF COINS AND MEDALS, THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE JOHN G. MURDOCH, ESQ.

1903 USD 300.00 - 300.00 USD 2,350.00
113 Chapman, Henry.

CATALOGUE OF THE MAGNIFICENT COLLECTION OF ANCIENT GREEK AND ROMAN, EUROPEAN, ORIENTAL, EARLY AMERICAN AND UNITED STATES COINS OF GEORGE H. EARLE, JR., ESQ., PHILADELPHIA.

1912 USD 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,115.00
261 United States Coin Company.

CATALOGUE OF THE SUPERB COLLECTION OF UNITED STATES COINS BELONGING TO A PROMINENT AMERICAN,

1915 USD 2,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,115.00
96 Bowers and Merena Galleries.

NEARLY COMPLETE SET OF ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN DELUXE HARDCOVER BOWERS AND MERENA AUCTION CATALOGUES.

1986-2004. USD 2,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,762.50
115 Chapman, S.H.

CATALOG OF THE SPLENDID COLLECTION OF SILVER & COPPER COINS OF THE UNITED STATES FORMED BY JOHN P. LYMAN, ESQ., BOSTON.

1913 USD 1,800.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,762.50
209 New York Coin & Stamp Co.

CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION OF COINS, MEDALS, TOKENS AND CURRENCY FORMERLY OWNED BY THE LATE ROBERT COULTON DAVIS, PH.G., OF PHILADELPHIA, PA. NOW OWNED BY A PRIVATE GENTLEMAN.

1890 USD 750.00 - 750.00 USD 1,762.50
258 Thomas, M., & Sons.

EXECUTORS' SALE AT NO. 93 WALNUT STREET. VALUABLE COLLECTION OF GOLD AND SILVER COINS, MEDALS, &C.

1851 USD 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,527.50
70 Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy.

CORPUS NUMMORUM ITALICORUM. PRIMO TENTATIVO DI UN CATALOGO GENERALE DELLE MONETE MEDIEVALE E MODERNE CONIATE IN ITALIA O DA ITALIANI IN ALTRI PAESI. VOLUMES I-XX.

1969-71 USD 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,410.00
120 Chapman, Henry.

CATALOGUE OF THE JOHN STORY JENKS COLLECTION OF COINS. ANCIENT GREEK, ROMAN AND THE ENTIRE WORLD. EARLY AMERICAN COLONIAL AND STATE ISSUES AND UNITED STATES PATTERNS AND THE REGULAR ISSUES.

1921 USD 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,410.00
139 Crosby, Sylvester S.

THE EARLY COINS OF AMERICA; AND THE LAWS GOVERNING THEIR ISSUE.

1875 USD 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,410.00
147 Elder, Thomas L.

IMPORTANT PUBLIC SALE. SPLENDID COLLECTION OF UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN COINS FORMED BY HENRY C. MILLER, ESQ.,

1917 USD 1,800.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,292.50
210 New York Coin & Stamp Co.

CATALOGUE OF THE FINEST EXISTING COLLECTION OF AMERICAN COINS, THE PROPERTY OF MR. LORIN G. PARMELEE, OF BOSTON, MASS.

1890 USD 1,800.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,292.50
272 Weyl, Adolph.

ITES VERZEICHNISS VERKÄUFLICHER MÜNZEN, DENKMÜNZEN UND NUMISMATISCHER BÜCHER.

1879 USD 150.00 - 150.00 USD 1,292.50
143 Elder, Thomas L.

CATALOGUE OF THE EIGHTEENTH PUBLIC AUCTION SALE OF A SPLENDID COLLECTION OF AMERICAN AND ENGLISH COINS,

1908 USD 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,175.00
150 Elder, Thomas L.

NUMISMATIC AUCTION CATALOGUES.

1905-37. USD 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,057.50
152 Frossard, Ed. [editor].

NUMISMA Vols. I-IX, complete, with all supplements for the period covered.

1877-1885. USD 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,057.50
33 (Carles-Tolrá, Emilio).

CATÁLOGO DE LA COLECCIÓN NUMISMÁTICA EMILIO CARLES-TOLRÁ.

1936 USD 300.00 - 300.00 USD 998.75
212 New York Coin & Stamp Co.

CATALOGUE OF THE REMARKABLY FINE COLLECTION OF U.S. PATTERN AND EXPERIMENTAL COINS, FORMED BY MR. GEO. D. WOODSIDE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PA., TOGETHER WITH THE CANADIAN COINS AND MEDALS OF THE LATE MR. JAMES OLIVER, OF NEW YORK.

1892 USD 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 USD 998.75
165 Haseltine, John W.

AUCTION CATALOGUES.

1870-84. USD 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 USD 822.50
280 Woodward, W. Elliot.

CATALOGUE OF A FEW PIECES FROM THE COLLECTION OF C. WYLLYS BETTS, OF NEW HAVEN. TO BE SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION AS ADDENDA TO THE COLLECTION OF W. ELLIOT WOODWARD.

1864 USD 250.00 - 250.00 USD 763.75
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
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