Kolbe and Fanning Numismatic Booksellers: Important Numismatic Literature, 174, Gahanna

Auction Details

Auction Date: October 04, 2025 - October 04, 2025

Page Size: 499 items in 20 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
352	Andrews, Frank D.	AN ARRANGEMENT OF UNITED STATES COPPER CENTS, 1816--1857, FOR THE ASSISTANCE OF COLLECTORS	Vineland	1883	USD 200.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
353	Attinelli, E.J.	NUMISGRAPHICS, OR A LIST OF CATALOGUES, IN WHICH OCCUR COINS OR MEDALS	New York	1876	USD 2,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 1,800.00
354	Baker, W.S.	MEDALLIC PORTRAITS OF WASHINGTON, WITH HISTORICAL AND CRITICAL NOTES AND A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE COINS, MEDALS, TOKENS AND CARDS	Philadelphia	1885	USD 300.00 - 300.00	USD 300.00
355	Barfield, Rodney, and Keith Strawn	THE BECHTLERS AND THEIR COINAGE: NORTH CAROLINA MINT MASTERS OF PIONEER GOLD	Raleigh	1980	USD 100.00 - 100.00	USD 360.00
356	Betts, C. Wyllys	AMERICAN COLONIAL HISTORY ILLUSTRATED BY CONTEMPORARY MEDALS	New York	1894	USD 100.00 - 100.00	USD 270.00
357	Bowers, Q. David, Q.	DAVID BOWERS, NUMISMATIST	Wilkes-Barre	Sept.--Oct., 1955	USD 300.00 - 300.00	USD 240.00
358	[Bowers, Q. David, and James F. Ruddy]	Empire Coin Company. AN OUTSTANDING SELECTION OF UNITED STATES PATTERN COINS	Binghampton, New York	-1960	USD 120.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
359		Bowers & Ruddy Galleries. THE CELEBRATED JOHN W. ADAMS COLLECTION OF UNITED STATES LARGE CENTS OF THE YEAR 1794	Los Angeles	1982	USD 100.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
360		Bowers & Merena Galleries. LIMITED EDITION PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES	Wolfeboro	1987	USD 150.00 - 150.00	USD 192.00
361		Bowers & Merena Galleries. THE ARMAND CHAMPA LIBRARY	Baltimore	1994--1995	USD 100.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
362		Bowers & Merena Galleries. THE HARRY W. BASS, JR. COLLECTION	New York	1999--2000	USD 200.00 - 200.00	USD 270.00
363	Bowers, Q. David	SILVER DOLLARS AND TRADE DOLLARS OF THE UNITED STATES: A COMPLETE ENCYCLOPEDIA	Wolfeboro	1993	USD 150.00 - 150.00	USD 120.00
364	Bowers, Q. David	A CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH HISTORY, FEATURING THE TREASURE FROM THE S.S. CENTRAL AMERICA: A SOURCE BOOK FOR THE GOLD RUSH HISTORIAN AND NUMISMATIST	Newport Beach	2002	USD 100.00 - 100.00	USD 108.00
365	Breen, Walter	LETTERS TO AND FROM WARREN LAPP, EDITOR OF PENNY-WISE, REGARDING BREEN'S HALF CENT ENCYCLOPEDIA		1984-09-21	USD 150.00 - 150.00	USD 204.00
366	Breen, Walter	UPDATES AND REVISIONS FOR THE BREEN & SWIATEK BOOK ON COMMEMORATIVE COINAGE			USD 300.00 - 300.00	USD 450.00
367	Breen, Walter, and Del Bland	WALTER BREEN'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EARLY UNITED STATES CENTS, 1793--1814	Wolfeboro	2000	USD 100.00 - 100.00	USD 168.00
368	Brigham, Clarence S.	PAUL REVERE'S ENGRAVINGS	Worcester	1954	USD 100.00 - 100.00	USD 156.00
369	Bronson, Henry	A HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF CONNECTICUT CURRENCY, CONTINENTAL MONEY, AND THE FINANCES OF THE REVOLUTION	New Haven	1865	USD 200.00 - 200.00	USD 156.00
370	Carlotto, Tony	THE COPPER COINS OF VERMONT AND THOSE BEARING THE VERMONT NAME	Chelsea	1998	USD 150.00 - 150.00	USD 240.00
371	Champa, Armand	PHOTO ALBUM OF THE "INVASION OF LOUISVILLE" AT THE HOME OF ARMAND AND KAY CHAMPA, HELD DURING THE 1988 A.N.A. CONVENTION	Louisville	1988	USD 150.00 - 150.00	USD 390.00
372	Chapman, S.H. & H.	THE COLLECTION OF MR. SAMUEL A. BISPHAM, OF PHILADELPHIA, CONTAINING MANY FINE AND RARE PIECES	New York	February 11--12	USD 100.00 - 100.00	USD 78.00
373	Chapman, S.H. & H.	CATALOGUE OF THE VERY LARGE AND WELL-KNOWN COLLECTION OF ANCIENT GREEK AND ROMAN	New York	June 9--14, 1884	USD 1,200.00 - 1,200.00	USD 1,440.00
374	Chapman, S.H. & H.	CATALOGUE OF THE LARGE AND VALUABLE COLLECTION OF ANCIENT, FOREIGN, ENGLISH AND AMERICAN COINS AND MEDALS OF THE LATE THOMAS CLENEAY, ESQ., OF CINCINNATI	Philadelphia	December 9--13, 1890	USD 1,200.00 - 1,200.00	USD 1,320.00
375	Chapman, S.H. & H.	CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION OF GREEK, ROMAN AND ENGLISH COINS, AND OF WAR MEDALS AND DECORATIONS	Philadelphia	April 29--30, 1895	USD 200.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
376	Chapman, S.H. & H.	CATALOGUE OF THE MAGNIFICENT COLLECTION OF COINS OF THE UNITED STATES FORMED BY THE LATE HARLAN P. SMITH, ESQ, NEW YORK CITY	Philadelphia	May 8--11, 1906	USD 100.00 - 100.00	USD 216.00

SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.

SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.

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Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.

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Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.

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Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.