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Kolbe and Fanning Numismatic Booksellers: January Book Auction

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Auction Name January Book Auction Total Sales (USD) 157,843.63
Auction Date January 26, 2019 - January 26, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 130,125.00
Sale Number #151 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 130,125.00
Total Lots 500
Sold Lots 382 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 168,405.00
% of Lots Sold 76.40% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 168,405.00
Unsold Lots 118 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 93.73%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
386 Collins, Benjamin H.

THE COLLINS COLLECTION OF U S. COINS. 1882-1892. NOT FOR SALE.

1892-1896. USD 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 USD 5,581.25
378 Chapman, Henry.

CATALOGUE OF THE VALUABLE COLLECTION OF FOREIGN AND UNITED STATES GOLD COINS, PARTICULARLY RICH IN ANCIENT ROMAN GOLD COINS, POLISH GOLD COINS, INCLUDING A 100 DUCATS, 1621, SET OF THE SILVER DOLLARS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1794 TO 1904, 1804 ALONE EXCEPTED

1911 USD 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 5,287.50
443 Mehl, B. Max [publisher].

AUCTION CATALOGUES.

1906-1955. USD 4,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,993.75
390 Crosby, Sylvester S.

THE EARLY COINS OF AMERICA; AND THE LAWS GOVERNING THEIR ISSUE. COMPRISING ALSO DESCRIPTIONS OF THE WASHINGTON PIECES, THE ANGLO-AMERICAN TOKENS, MANY PIECES OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN, OF THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES, AND THE FIRST PATTERNS OF THE UNI

1875 USD 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,818.75
167 Orsini, Fulvio.

FAMILIAE ROMANAE QUAE REPERIUNTUR IN ANTIQUIS NUMISMATIBUS AB URBE CONDITA AD TEMPORA DIVI AUGUSTI EX BIBLIOTHECA FULVI URSINI. ADJUNCTIS FAMILIIS XXX EX LIBRO ANTONI AUGUSTINI EP. ILERDENSIS.

1577 USD 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,231.25
276 Hill, George Francis.

A CORPUS OF ITALIAN MEDALS OF THE RENAISSANCE BEFORE CELLINI. TEXT & PLATES.

1930 USD 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,231.25
182 Rizzo, Giulio Emanuele.

MONETE GRECHE DELLA SICILIA.

1945-1946. USD 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,643.75
225 Vertue, George, based on Abraham Van der Doort and edited by Horace Walpole.

A CATALOGUE AND DESCRIPTION OF KING CHARLES THE FIRST'S CAPITAL COLLECTION OF PICTURES, LIMNINGS, STATUES, BRONZES, MEDALS, AND OTHER CURIOSITIES: NOW FIRST PUBLISHED FROM AN ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT IN THE ASHMOLEAN MUSAEUM AT OXFORD. THE WHOLE TRANSCRIBED AN

1757 USD 1,800.00 - 1,800.00 USD 2,643.75
277 Hill, George Francis.

THE GUSTAVE DREYFUS COLLECTION. I: RENAISSANCE MEDALS.

1931 USD 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,643.75
90 Hirsch, Jacob.

SAMMLUNG GRIECHISCHER MUNZEN AUS DEM NACHLASSE EINES BEKANNTEN ARCHAOLOGEN.

1905 USD 600.00 - 600.00 USD 2,350.00
145 Mazzini, Giuseppe.

MONETE IMPERIALI ROMANE.

1957-58. USD 1,800.00 - 1,800.00 USD 2,350.00
377 Chapman, Henry.

CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION OF COLONIAL AND STATE COINS, 1787 NEW YORK, BRASHER DOUBLOON, U.S. PIONEER GOLD COINS, U.S. PATTERN PIECES, POLITICAL MEDALS, INDIAN PEACE MEDALS, ASSAY MEDALS, EXTREMELY FINE CENTS AND HALF CENTS OF CAPTAIN ANDREW C. ZABRISKIE

1909 USD 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,232.50
188 Rosenberger, M.

CITY-COINS OF PALESTINE. THE ROSENBERGER ISRAEL COLLECTION. VOL. I: CONTAINING AELIA KAPITOLINA, AKKO, ANTHEDON, ANTIPATRIS & ASCALON. VOL. II: CAESAREA, DIOSPOLIS, DORA, ELEUTHEROPOLIS, GABA, GAZA & JOPPA. VOL. III: HIPPOS-SUSSITA, NEAPOLIS, NICOPOLIS,

1972, 1975 and 1977. USD 400.00 - 400.00 USD 2,115.00
382 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 1,600.00 - 1,600.00 USD 1,997.50
473 Snowden, James Ross.

A DESCRIPTION OF THE MEDALS OF WASHINGTON; OF NATIONAL AND MISCELLANEOUS MEDALS; AND OF OTHER OBJECTS OF INTEREST IN THE MUSEUM OF THE MINT. ILLUSTRATED BY SEVENTY-NINE FAC-SIMILE ENGRAVINGS. TO WHICH ARE ADDED BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE

1861 USD 500.00 - 500.00 USD 1,997.50
374 Cape Kennedy Medals.

THE TOM MORLEY COLLECTION OF U.S. LARGE CENTS, INCLUDING THE COMPLETE SHELDON NUMBERED SERIES OF 1794.

1975 USD 100.00 - 100.00 USD 1,762.50
3 Alf\u00f6ldi, Andreas, Elisabeth Alf\u00f6ldi and Curtis L. Clay.

DIE KONTORNIAT-MEDAILLONS. TEIL 1: KATALOG.

1976 USD 600.00 - 600.00 USD 1,527.50
256 Duby, Pierre-Ancher Tobiesen.

RECUEIL GENERAL DES PIECES OBSIDIONALES ET DE NECESSITE, GRAVEES DANS L'ORDRE CHRONOLOGIQUE DES EVENEMENS: AVEC L'EXPLICATION, DANS L'ORDRE ALPHABETIQUE, DES FAITS HISTORIQUES QUI ONT DONNE LIEU A LEUR FABRICATION: A LA SUITE DESQUELLES SE TROUVENT PLUSIE

1786 USD 750.00 - 750.00 USD 1,527.50
379 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...

1912 USD 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,527.50
437 Loubat, J.F.

THE MEDALLIC HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 1776-1876.

1881 USD 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,527.50
376 Chapman, S.H. and H.

CATALOGUE OF THE MAGNIFICENT COLLECTION OF COINS OF THE UNITED STATES FORMED BY THE LATE HARLAN P. SMITH, ESQ, NEW YORK CITY.

(1906). USD 1,800.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,410.00
33 Calciati, Romolo.

CORPUS NUMMORUM SICULORUM. LA MONETAZIONE DI BRONZO / THE BRONZE COINAGE.

1983-87. USD 750.00 - 750.00 USD 1,175.00
113 Jameson, R.

COLLECTION R. JAMESON. TOME I: MONNAIES GRECQUES ANTIQUES. TOME II: MONNAIES IMPERIALES ROMAINES. TOME III: SUITE DES MONNAIES GRECQUES ANTIQUES ET IMPERIALES ROMAINES. TOME IV: SUITE DES MONNAIES GRECQUES ANTIQUES ET IMPERIALES ROMAINES.

1913, 1924 and 1932. USD 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,175.00
196 Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge.

CATALOGUE OF THE BUNBURY COLLECTION OF GREEK COINS. FIRST PORTION: ITALY, SICILY, EUROPEAN GREECE, CRETE, &C.

1896 USD 200.00 - 200.00 USD 1,175.00
477 Stack's.

AUCTION SALE CATALOGUES.

1944-2009. USD 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,175.00
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
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